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READ MOREClive’s latest challenge a doddle for the Doyen of Doorknockers
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has a fortnight to find a sitting federal MP or 500 members for his new party, or it will hit an iceberg before this year’s federal election.
READ MORERichard Farmer’s chunky bits
CO2 reaches a milestone we don’t want, and other tidbits from today.
READ MOREMeet Titanic II: everything you need to know about Clive’s ark
Clive Palmer’s Titanic II will have a high-tech engine, air conditioning, a hospital, a helipad … and more lifeboats. But you’ll still be able to dine in early-20th century finery.
READ MOREAEC donor dump: who paid out for the parties in 11-12
It’s poor, inconsistent and late — but we finally have a glimpse of who donated to political parties in 2011-12. So who did the shooters donate to?
READ MOREWhy Clive and Bob are running Queensland politics
A political void has left Clive Palmer and Bob Katter in the spotlight in Queensland. They pose twin but very different threats to Campbell Newman’s government and conservative forces down south.
READ MOREA sad morning for the political circus
So Clive Palmer is not coming to Canberra as a politician.
READ MOREAustralia’s eggs-asperating chicken policy
The Australian Capital Territory’s only commercial egg producer has been bribed by our local government into stopping the cruel system of chickens being kept in the small cages of an egg factory.
READ MORELa ora na, Clive
There’s a new late-night TV act that leaves Leno, Letterman, Conan and certainly Vizard for dead; a comedy duo unmatched, dare we say, since the glory days of Laurel and Hardy.
READ MOREWas Swan percipient about Rinehart and Palmer?
Our Treasurer is looking more percipient with every day that passes.
READ MOREPsychological torture as blood sport
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MORERich List preview: final figure matters little, Gina’s so far ahead
Total wealth — which hit $167 billion last year — is still likely to rise thanks to one person: Gina Rinehart, whose fortune will climb by at least $8 billion and as much as $11 billion, depending on BRW’s final valuation.
READ MOREStunts and scandal from the $2.3b man
Another day, another Clive Palmer stunt and/or scandal. He’s either headed to parliament or the slammer. Perhaps there’s no difference.
READ MOREThe sustainable professorship of Clive Palmer
Clive Palmer likes to call himself “professor”. But what exactly is he professor of?
READ MOREAnother setback for Clive’s Queensland mine project
Clive Palmer has hit another roadblock in his attempt to get one of the world’s biggest coalmines off the ground, writes Patrick Stafford.
READ MOREThe politics of Clive Palmer’s billions
Millionaires are more common in politics than most voters would think. As Clive Palmer prepares for parliament, LeadingCompany’s Kath Walters follows the money.
READ MORESlipper slips and Shorten’s odds shorten
Headline issues aside, Bill Shorten received much on-air attention over revived ALP leadership speculation and his bid to put the HSU into administration.
READ MOREBarnstorming Newman can’t knock Gillard off top spot
Despite Campbell Newman barnstorming the Queensland electorate, it was the PM taking top honours in our rankings this week.
READ MOREBligh’s last desperate appeal
To say anything other than we can’t win would have left Anna Bligh looking quite ridiculous.
READ MOREThe nature reserves proving to be a thorn in Palmer’s side
Clive Palmer has bitten off more than he can chew, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
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Clive reveals sinister hand of foreign
governments
Clive Palmer again has demonstrated the eccentricity that comes from having so much money you don’t have to care what anyone thinks of you.
READ MOREConspiracy theories are fun. Thanks, Clive Palmer
Let’s focus on the hypocrisy of a man who once listed “litigation” as a hobby in his Who’s Who profile.
READ MOREWayne Swan versus the lizard people
Wayne Swan’s attacks on mining magnates is a time-honoured and effective political tactic.
READ MOREWayne versus Clive
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