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HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - The Untold Story

Clive Palmer’s Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence

A coal mine that was the subject of a court battle fought on climate change and human rights has been denied an environmental licence.

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Palmer's Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence

A major coal mine slated for Queensland's Galilee Basin has suffered another blow after a landmark court ruling recommended it not proceed.

AAP

Afternoon Update: new Covid measures; Latham chastised for homophobic tweet; and Coalition’s war memorial funding blitz

New aged care worker leave grants and expanded eligibility for antiviral treatment announced

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Clive Palmer to sue Australia for $300 billion over iron ore project in WA's Pilbara region

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer seeks $300 billion in damages from the Australian government over an iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

ABC News

Clive Palmer eyes $300b damages claim over mine project

Billionaire Clive Palmer says any "future windfall" from a $300 billion claim against the federal government would help fund new hospitals in Western Australia.

AAP

Gangrenous Toe Clive Palmer Is Suing Australia For $300 Billion In Damages Over A Rejected Mine

And he's hired Christian Porter to help him do it.

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Clive Palmer hires Christian Porter for $300bn lawsuit against Australian government

Billionaire claims commonwealth liable for WA law, which prevented him seeking compensation for rejected mining project

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Mining billionaire Clive Palmer rakes in more than $700 million from Pilbara assets

Of $730.9 million in revenue, about $520 million was collected in royalties, according to Mineralogy's latest financial report, with a lot of it coming from a Pilbara mine.

ABC News

How Clive Palmer and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas sent thousands of refugees to regional Australia

"Wheeling and dealing" between then-immigration minister Scott Morrison and the mining magnate back in 2014 changed the face of regional Australia and the lives of those seeking a safe place to call home.

ABC News

After four years of trams in Newcastle, let's make trips free

It appears to me that if you are under the age of about 20 you have the right to use the tram without paying.

Newcastle Herald

Clive Palmer-owned company withdraws appeal against ruling that coalmine would worsen climate crisis

Landmark decision from Queensland land court declared emissions from Waratah Coal project would limit the rights of future generations

The Guardian - AU

Palmer company ordered to repay $44.6m private jet loan

Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel has been handed a court order to pay for a private jet that the businessman used for his 2013 federal election campaign.

AAP

Clive Palmer responds after federal government rejects central Queensland coal mine

A mining magnate says he will take action after the federal government rejected his coal mine project near the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

ABC News

Tanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine. It's an Australian first – but it may never happen again

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has formally rejected mining magnate Clive Palmer’s proposed Central Queensland Coal Project. Her decision was based on the risk of damage to the Great Barrier Reef, freshwater creeks and groundwater.

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Coal mine rejection not broad precedent, says minister

Tanya Plibersek has defended her decision to block Clive Palmer's proposed coal mine in Queensland on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef.

AAP

Clive Palmer's Queensland coal project rejected

A central Queensland project proposed by Clive Palmer has become the first coal mine to be refused under national environmental laws.

ABC News

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocks Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek cites national environmental laws as the reason for rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine project.

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LNP blocks Gerard Rennick recruits as party seeks to ‘keep out the cookers’

Liberal National party increasingly alert to attempts by the rightwing fringe to build influence since May’s federal election

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Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn't win

Nine months after the 2022 federal election, voters finally get a look at how much the parties spent and who funded their campaigns.

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer’s mining company pumped $116m into UAP at 2022 election, helping it outspend major parties

Revelation likely to add to transparency stakeholders calls’ for caps on political donations

ABC News

Clive Palmer's mining company tops political donations list with $116 million last financial year

Mineralogy was the single biggest political donor last financial year, pouring $116 million into Queensland businessman Clive Palmer's United Australia Party. Both Labor and the Liberals each received more than $100 million in donations.

AAP

Palmer seeks coal climate ruling review

Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal wants a review of a Queensland court's advice that its proposed coal mine should be rejected due to climate change impacts.

AAP

WA to pay $2m in premier's defamation case

Premier Mark McGowan says Western Australia will have to pay $2 million in legal costs over the defamation fight with Clive Palmer.

ABC News

Mark McGowan reveals Clive Palmer's defamation action legal bill cost WA taxpayers more than $2 million

Mark McGowan says he did not "want or seek" his defamation battle against billionaire Clive Palmer that erupted at the height of the COVID pandemic.

ABC News

Clive Palmer offloads Queensland Nickel refinery to Swiss company Zero Carbon Investek

Businessman Clive Palmer has sold his mothballed Queensland Nickel plant for a reported but unconfirmed sale price of $2 billion.

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