This Month
Palmer says billionaires like him shouldn’t get a break on bills
The Rich Lister, who is eligible for the power bill rebate on several of his homes, says the money would be better spent on households that desperately need it.
- Campbell Kwan and Bonnie Campbell
China’s biggest mine on Aussie soil makes $820m profit
Chinese conglomerate CITIC made a profit of almost $820 million on magnetite operations in WA that it says are under threat because billionaire Clive Palmer refuses to hand over more land.
- Brad Thompson
April
Ramsay Foundation splashed $7m on failed Voice campaign
Rich Listers, major charitable foundations and big corporates spent millions on last year’s Indigenous referendum.
- Tom McIlroy
March
Clive Palmer reaps $447m in royalties from Chinese adversaries
Rich Lister Clive Palmer says he is confident of success with massive damages claim against the federal and WA governments, and will stand his ground in a separate legal dispute with one of China’s biggest conglomerates.
- Updated
- Brad Thompson
Advance lobby group the ‘biggest loser’ from Dunkley byelection
Pollsters say that while the Dunkley byelection was not a write-off for the Liberal Party, it was a brutal result for the credibility of lobby group Advance.
- Gus McCubbing
- Analysis
- Byelection
Dunkley a triumph of expectation over hope for Liberals
Anthony Albanese put his neck on the line to win Dunkley and has been vindicated. For the Libs, it was neither tragedy nor triumph.
- Phillip Coorey
February
‘I love Gold Coast property’: Clive Palmer on $28m beachfront buy
Billionaire mining magnate and former Gold Coast real estate agent Clive Palmer has reset the region’s residential record with a $28 million Mermaid Beach buy.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Opinion
- Private schools
Working women swing to Labor – and to private schools
As soon as families can afford it, they have been switching to independent schools. No amount of public money is likely to reverse that soon.
- John Black
CITIC slashes WA iron ore volumes after feud with Clive Palmer
The Chinese conglomerate warns iron ore jobs are at risk as it runs out of patience in a battle with the maverick billionaire.
- Brad Thompson
November 2023
Parliament needs more politicians, committee finds
A federal committee recommends capping campaign spending and cutting the threshold for reporting political donations, as well as more Senators for ACT and NT.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2023
Court rejects Palmer appeal over tick for Yes
Clive Palmer argued that a tick should be treated the same as an “X” on a ballot paper - an informal vote,
- Michael Pelly
August 2023
Just another lawsuit for Clive Palmer
The billionaire was the secret litigation funder of a now abandoned class action by Telstra employees against the company’s vaccine mandate.
- Joe Aston
June 2023
Clive Palmer’s jets spend a lot of time in Bulgaria, Switzerland
Most billionaires make do with a single private jet. Not Clive Palmer.
- Myriam Robin
May 2023
‘I stood with McGowan against Clive Palmer’, PM reminds WA voters
Anthony Albanese has brushed off the electoral setback caused by the resignation of West Australian Premier Mark McGowan and outlined a hit list of seats that Labor will target at the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Rich List
The 200 richest people in Australia revealed
In another year of the billionaire bingo that names the nation’s wealthiest, mining and manufacturing is up, technology is down and everything old is new again.
- Updated
- Michael Bailey
The King of WA’s choice defamation tips
When WA premier Mark McGowan and Matador Capital boss Grant Davey finally sit down to dinner their respective defamation lists might be worth discussing.
- Max Mason
Palmer’s parliamentarian presses Wong on offshore litigation
Free trade clauses are of keen interest to Clive Palmer given he’s using them to bring one and threaten two more legal cases against the Commonwealth.
- Myriam Robin
March 2023
Palmer says mansion deal backs his bid for $300b in damages
The WA government might eventually regret slugging a Clive Palmer company with $322,000 in stamp duty on a house purchase.
- Brad Thompson
Clive Palmer launches $300b claim against Australia
Billionaire Clive Palmer has enlisted former attorney-general Christian Porter to his legal team as he chases a massive damages payout from Australia under international trade laws.
- Brad Thompson
Clive Palmer: I paid $19.5m Medicare levy for no bed
Billionaire Clive Palmer says he is paying bucket loads of tax after pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends from Mineralogy.
- Brad Thompson