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The Federal Leader of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer, said the Australian media had a lot to answer for.

“I have left the campaign for a moment to be with a terminally-ill family friend,’’ Mr Palmer said.

“First the media attack Bill Shorten  about his mother and now they want to ostracize me at  a time I want to support a terminal-ill family friend.

“The media continually comments on me as a person. Australians are sick of the media’s ethics and morals.

“I look forward to returning to the campaign trail in Adelaide late tonight before heading to Western Australia and then spending election night in Victoria,’’ Mr Palmer said.

“Australians know that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a new result. They will not vote Liberal or Labor.

“Labor wants to tax people into oblivion.

“As Winston Churchill once said – We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

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Federal Leader of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer, confirmed today that some Liberal members had changed alliances to the United Australia Party and were now handing out how to vote cards for the Party.

“Many Liberal voters are now supporting the United Australia Party and assisting us with handing out how to vote cards because they believe in what we stand for,’’ Mr Palmer said.

“This is a testimony to the great ideas we have generated during this election campaign.

“The truth is that Labor are flying unionists to North Queensland to man polling booths. Of course these people are being paid full salaries to do this,’’ he said.

Mr Palmer said Labor wanted to destroy the sugar and coal industries of central and north Queensland.

“Bill Shorten misleads the Australian public. A vote for Shifty Shorten is a vote for a one trillion dollar bill.

“The United Australia Party supports the coal and sugar industries which are the backbones of the economy,’’ Mr Palmer said.

Mr Palmer said Australians desperately needed the kind of cheaper power experienced in countries including China, Japan and Korea whose low energy prices were based on Queensland coal.

“The manufacturing sectors in these countries are built on value-adding to Queensland resources, leading to increased wages and higher living standards.

“These manufactured products are then sent back to Australia as high-cost imports.

“Processing Queensland and Australian resources at home will create jobs, increase exports and provide a higher standard of living,’’ Mr Palmer said.

“The United Australia Party has set clear targets for the use of ethanol-based fuels produced from Queensland sugar which will deliver benefits for the agricultural industry, jobs and the environment,” Mr Palmer said.

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Clive Palmer today set the record straight over Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan’s continued lies about Mineralogy.

Mineralogy has paid $44m tax to the Australia Government this year, making it one of the largest tax payers in the country.

Citic Limited has not paid one cent of tax for this project.

WA Government under the McGowan Government has given Citic Limited a 50% discount – YES 50% discount – on royalties payable to his Government.

This has cost Western Australian residents new schools and hospitals.

McGowan remains a close friend to the Chinese Communist Government, he doesn’t care about the people in Western Australian.

He continues to lie about Mineralogy’s tax status while supporting a foreign country owned company.

Clive Palmer has called The WA Premier unpatriotic and has called for Mr McGowan to stop fighting for foreign-owned Government enterprises over Australian interests.

“Mineralogy regards Citic’s approach to enlist the support of an Australian state government in its commercial dispute against an Australian company as disturbing,” he said.

Mr Palmer stated that serious questions need to be asked as to whether Mr McGowan has a bank account in Beijing.

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Federal Leader of the United Australia Party, Mr Clive Palmer today in Adelaide supported the use of nuclear power from Australian uranium for the country’s future energy needs.

“Nuclear power from Australian uranium means affordable energy, lower living costs, zero emissions, real jobs and exports,’’ Mr Palmer said. (more…)

The United Australia Party has accused the Labor Party and the Chinese Communist Government of being joined at the hip, after blatantly interfering in Australia’s political process over election funding claims. (more…)

The federal leader of the United Australia Party, Mr Clive Palmer today labelled Bill Shorten a hypocrite, after it was revealed Labor had put the UAP second on its how to vote cards in two Tasmanian seats. (more…)

The United Australia Party was strongly committed to the support and future development of the Queensland coal industry, Federal Leader Clive Palmer said today.

“Coal is Queensland’s biggest export and the backbone of the economy,’’ Mr Palmer said. (more…)

Federal Leader of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer, has responded to the personal attacks made against him by Labor Leader Bill Shorten, saying they are untrue and defamatory.

“Bill Shorten made some untrue and defamatory comments about me today merely because I have offered to serve the Australian people,’’ Mr Palmer said. (more…)

The United Australia Party has vowed to abolish the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to return the once iconic river system to a healthy, sustainable and functional condition.

Federal Leader Clive Palmer said the Murray-Darling Basin Plan needed to be scrapped immediately to protect the system from corporate misuse and natural disaster. (more…)

Federal Leader of the United Australia Party, Clive Palmer, says Bill Shorten’s plan to boost foreign workers’ wages showed how little the Labor leader cared about everyday Australians.

“Why pay overseas workers more than Australian workers?” Mr Palmer said. (more…)