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Clive Palmer has been politically active in recent years with enormous donations to his campaigns.

Clive Palmer accuses long-time solicitor of stealing $30 million

The alleged theft of tens of millions of dollars from the mining magnate was done through “sophisticated altering of the invoices”, a court has heard.

  • James Hall

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Clive Palmer after the election campaign launch of his Trumpet of Patriots party in April.

Clive Palmer’s political parties hacked in major breach

The organisation fears the ransomware attack has led to the theft of its emails, documents, and electronic records, threatening the personal data of all those who have been in contact with it.

  • Nick Newling
Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson.

Palmer and Hanson’s parties crash out of election despite high hopes and huge spending

One Nation was predicted to help turn the election in the Coalition’s favour, but the anti-woke push fell flat.

  • Mike Foley
Polling booths in Sydney and Melbourne in the 2025 federal election.

Interactive: See how your polling booth voted in this election

How did your booth vote in this election? Explore our interactive to see how the votes were cast.

  • Nathanael Scott

All the major polls are in – and they’re giving Labor the edge

The major polls also highlight the weakness in primary vote support for the major parties, raising the prospect of surprise victories for independents.

  • David Crowe
Trumpet of Patriots candidate Joseph O’Connor

Serial pest in sperm donor groups joins Clive Palmer’s colourful cast

A man who uses various aliases to troll sperm donation groups is standing for the Trumpet of Patriots.

  • Harriet Alexander
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won’t commit to do anything to stop the text messages.

Albanese ‘happy’ to ban annoying texts, won’t commit to make it happen

Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots has been sending large volumes of texts, but the mainstream parties also have a history of using unsolicited messages.

  • Olivia Ireland and Sarah McPhee
Clive Palmer (left) and his candidates (from top centre clockwise) Suellen Wrightson, Todd Charles Juchau, Michael Norman Jessop, Gabrial Pennicott and David Sarikaya.

The prince, the pauper, perp and other Patriots in the Trumpet

One candidate was allegedly discovered with duct tape and a cadaver bag in his car. Another is a prince.

  • Harriet Alexander