Clive Palmer and Ricky Muir threaten to play hardball in the Senate

The news that mining tycoon Clive Palmer has formed an alliance with new Motoring Enthusiast Party senator-elect Ricky Muir, to effectively control the balance of power in the new senate, as of July next year, is an interesting new development in ...
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Clive Palmer’s new party: Another nail in the coffin for Liberal and Labor?

The advent of billionaire mining baron Clive Palmer’s “Palmer United Party” should be a good thing for Australian politics. Not because of who Clive Palmer is, or what his party’s policies are (as their policies haven’t been released yet, they could ...
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