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‘Abuse of process’PremiumWA court rules against Palmer in $200m royalties claim

Billionaire and Mark McGowan provocateur Clive Palmer has been left counting another legal loss after WA’s highest court struck out an attempt to extract the nine-figure royalty.

Tim Clarke

All inPremiumPush to jail Clive Palmer over Mineralogy accounts

A corporate watchdog has told the court it plans to push for the case against Clive Palmer to be heard in Queensland’s higher courts — where a guilty verdict could mean jail.

Tim Clarke

‘Intimidation tactics’CommentsPremiumPalmer warns of ‘bad day for Aus’ if court fight fails

There were no tears from mining magnate Clive Palmer today but he did deliver a dire warning, should he lose his battle against the WA Government.

Sarah Ison

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‘About the process’CommentsPremium
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Palmer doesn't care if he wins or loses WA legal battle

Billionaire Clive Palmer has declared it ‘doesn’t matter if I win or lose’ the legal battle against WA that would allow him to sue the State $30 billion were he successful.

Sarah Ison

‘They have come for me’CommentsPremiumClive Palmer sobs over ‘repugnant’ WA Government

In an extraordinary outburst of emotion Clive Palmer has broken down in tears in the High Court, declaring the WA Government had ‘come for’ him before issuing a stern warning to Australians.

Sarah Ison & Charlotte Elton

High court battleCommentsPremium‘It’s my duty to take WA Govt to court’: Clive Palmer

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has labelled the first day of his High Court battle against the McGowan Government as ‘encouraging’, saying it was his ‘duty’ to take the $30 billion stoush to court.

Sarah Ison

Move onCommentsPremiumPalmer must swap litigation for new hobby

Mr Palmer should abandon his action and find another hobby.

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Face offCommentsPremium
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Judge forces McGowan and Palmer to meet and make up

Mark McGowan and Clive Palmer are set to meet face-to-face after a judge ordered the pair to make a genuine attempt to settle their defamation battle outside of court.

Peter Law

Court scrapPremiumMcGowan says Palmer peace talks ‘pointless’

Mining magnate Clive Palmer is suing Mark McGowan for remarks he claims were defamatory and while he says he’s open to mediation, WA’s Premier says it will achieve absolutely anything.

Peter Law

Saga continuesPremiumYou owe me $27m: Palmer pay demand to Sino companies

Mineralogy says it is entitled to make the claims under mining rights and site lease agreements it struck with the project companies in 2006.

Neale Prior

SEEING DOLLAR SWINESCommentsPremiumPalmer to pay WA’s legal costs after failed case

The High Court has ordered Clive Palmer to pay the State Government’s costs over his abandoned contempt suit against Premier Mark McGowan.

Josh Zimmerman

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Across the borderCommentsPremium
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WA gets a friend in battle against Clive’s $30b case

WA has found an unlikely ally in its battle to stop Clive Palmer’s $30 billion damages claim — the NSW Government.

Peter Law

Palmer knocked backPremiumMcGowan notches up minor win in Palmer defamation fight

Mark McGowan has had a minor victory in his legal showdown with Clive Palmer after convincing a court to reject nine alternative meanings for allegedly defamatory statements made by the billionaire.

Josh Zimmerman

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Border bungleCommentsPremium
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ScoMo’s support for Palmer could cost him WA votes

Scott Morrison was once popular in Western Australia. It wasn’t that long ago. And then something happened. It was something big. That something big was Clive Palmer, writes Mark Riley.

Mark Riley

Mark RileySeven News Political Editor

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‘Normal process’CommentsPremium
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‘It’s a lie’: PM denies Palmer support in border spat

Scott Morrison says political advertising linking him with Clive Palmer over his fight with Mark McGowan and WA’s hard border reflects badly on Federal Labor.

Ben O'Shea & Sarah Ison

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Cute but deadlyCommentsPremium
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Nurdles are the pure eco evil poisoning our oceans

They may sound like a character from a Disney film, but these nasty little pellets — which form the basis of pretty much anything made of plastic — are anything but sweet.

Ben Harvey

Ben HarveyChief Reporter

‘Sinister activities’PremiumPalmer refused more time for CITIC royalties appeal

WA’s highest court has refused to delay an appeal by Clive Palmer after the royalties billionaire claimed he needed more time to probe allegedly sinister activities by the Chinese miner.

Neale Prior

No jive from CliveVideoPalmer silent on McGowan victory

He talked tough on the hard border — even taking his beef to the High Court — but Mark McGowan’s nemesis Clive Palmer has been strangely quiet since the historic Labor win.

READ THE REASONS IN FULLCommentsPremiumWhy Clive Palmer failed in his High Court border battle

Australia’s highest court has published its reasons for ruling against Clive Palmer's hard border challenge — with the judgment finding there was “no doubt” the border law was justifiable.

Annabel Hennessy

Online angerCommentsPremiumPalmer’s Twitter rant: ‘McGowan will face the music’

Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has reignited his spat with Mark McGowan over a $30 billion damages claim related to his iron ore interests.

Josh Zimmerman

Under fire‘He’s paying for it’: Palmer blasts McGowan’s lockdown

Clive Palmer says the WA Premier failed to learn lessons from other States’ issues with hotel quarantine for returned travellers.

Daniel Newell

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54 days to goCommentsPremium
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Liberals rule out One Nation deal for State Election

WA Liberals state director Sam Calabrese has said the party will not enter an agreement with Pauline Hanson, a move welcomed by Zak Kirkup, saying they will instead ‘work closely with the Nationals’.

Josh Zimmerman

Extraordinary sprayCommentsPremiumPalmer’s bizarre attack on Zak Kirkup

Clive Palmer has delivered an extraordinary spray to WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup — saying the 33-year-old “must be the most hopeless leader in the party’s history”.

Peter Law

‘McGowan can breathe easy’CommentsPremiumClive Palmer has no plans to contest WA election

The Queensland billionaire said the WA Liberal Party had the chance to ‘stand on its own feet’ and also revealed he planned to withdraw contempt action against Premier Mark McGowan.

Peter Law