Clive Frederick Palmer (born 26 March 1954) is an Australian businessman[6] and politician. [117], Palmer was married to his first wife for 22 years. He later completed a Diploma of Law through the Queensland Bar Board, and worked as a clerk and interviewing officer for the Public Defender's Office. “Under Labor, close to $810 million has been delivered for better roads and transport in Central Queensland, and we’ve been able to bring works forward as part of a $1 billion pipeline of road works to get our economy going.". The United Australia Party (UAP) is an Australian political party (formerly known as Palmer United Party) formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013 [39] Palmer's installation of dinosaurs along the side of the resort's golf course led the Australian PGA Championship to be relocated from it. During the recount, he filed many challenges to votes cast for O'Brien, and made unsupported claims that the Australian Electoral Commission was tainted by corruption. ", "Clive Palmer takes a sovereign risk challenging the authority of WA Parliament", "Palmer joins Clinton, Suu Kyi in alliance", "Global leaders form World Leadership Alliance", "Clive Palmer hosts 600 disadvantaged people at Christmas Day lunch at Palmer Coolum Resort", "App lets you give Julia the Rudd Roll and Tony Baloney", "Seven added to national living treasure list", "National Living Treasure Palmer takes swipe at Swan", "Clive Palmer donates house to Beenleigh fire family who lost toddler", "Clive Palmer's Descent Into Insanity (Or Why Memes Shouldn't be Used in Politics)", "You think Clive Palmer's Tim Tam tweets are strange? Clive Palmer", "BRW Rich List 2016 Clive Palmer: 'I don't know what I'm worth, "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people? “Stop Labor’s 20 per cent death tax open our borders now,” the poorly worded message from Mr Palmer’s private company Mineralogy said, accompanied with a ‘how to vote’ card. [38] On 14 December 2013, the dinosaur park, now called "Palmersaurus", was opened to the public. The Queensland election is just days away and Clive Palmer has managed to get under the skin of his critics yet again. : Portrait of a mercurial, litigious political force", "Queensland's richest man Clive Palmer rushed to hospital", "Sleep apnoea silent killer stalked billionaire tycoon Clive Palmer", "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows", "BRW Rich 200: Clive Palmer shows how to lose a cool billion", "BRW Rich 200 list 2014: 28. Each offence carries a potential prison sentence of up to five years and, for the fraud charges, up to 12 years. He has two adult children: a son, Michael and a daughter, Emily. In February 2013, at a press conference in New York, Palmer announced plans to build a modern-day replica of the liner RMS Titanic.

Holgate v ScoMo: mate against mate as CEO angles for (large) cheque in the mail. As of Saturday night, nearly 670,000 Queenslanders had already voted in the state election. [33], The Special Purpose Liquidator of Queensland Nickel stated that Palmer's offer was inadequate as it did not cover the money owed to small businesses and was unclear whether he would repay the Federal Government. Other marginal ALP seats include Cairns, Gaven, Maryborough, Redcliffe and South Brisbane.

[115] He was reported to have spent more than A$20m during 2018–19 on luxury homes on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane and Perth. This forced the Federal Government to cover the workers' entitlements.

While he had won only 26.5 percent of the primary vote, Palmer overtook O'Brien on Labor and Green preferences. Shanks responded that he had not defamed Palmer and being required to prove his claims in court would not help Palmer. [47] On 2 March 2012, Palmer lost his Supreme Court bid against Gold Coast United's expulsion from the A-League. Clive Palmer; lockdown; palmer united party; Now trending.