Clive Palmer

Scott Morrison has conceded opening Australia's internal borders will be up to state governments despite making Christmas a key goal.

Premier Mark McGowan has urged Clive Palmer to discontinue legal action against himself and the state, as the costs continue to mount.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost his High Court battle against the state government over legislation introduced to thwart his $30 billion damages claim.

Text messages between Mark McGowan and John Quigley will become public as part of his defamation battle with Clive Palmer.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has taken to the airwaves to confirm he intends to file a new legal action against the state government, this time for $50 million in damages.

Clive Palmer has described his disbelief, fear and withdrawal from public life amid “the war” against him, as he took to the witness stand in his stoush with Mark McGowan.

Text messages between Mark McGowan and Kerry Stokes reveal the premier thanked the media mogul for “marvellous” front pages depicting Clive Palmer as a pest.

WA's attorney general has blamed a "memory failure" and having to operate under "a lot of pressure" for giving incorrect evidence at the defamation trial between billionaire Clive Palmer and Premier Mark McGowan.

Pressure mounts on attorney general over Palmer evidence.

Labor’s top recruit for Christian Porter’s old seat poured thousands of dollars on online advertising last week, while two at-risk Liberal MPs shored up their position with a spate of Facebook ads.

The Forrest family's philanthropic outfit upped its Facebook and Instagram advertising spend in WA last week as the major parties increasingly lean on memes to make their case on social media.

In a post-federal election spray, Premier Mark McGowan attacks Peter Dutton's intellect and calls for an end to hostilities with China.

If a bitterly divided Liberal Party can’t unite on policies and candidates to win back mainstream voters, its chances at the 2025 state election are doomed.

A candidate backed by billionaire Clive Palmer will join the Senate crossbench following the declaration of the vote count in Victoria and Western Australia.

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy paid more than $700 million of dividends in the past 18 months, as iron ore prices defied the pandemic gloom.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer and Premier Mark McGowan have been found to have defamed one another during their very public war of words.

Mark McGowan has shrugged off his defamation draw with mining magnate Clive Palmer, hailing the hard border and the Palmer bill among the 'finest moments in recent history'.

The premier clearly has more confidence in his AG than the judge in the recent defamation case.

The state government could do a better job of keeping the public in the loop about some major decisions.

Clive Palmer’s refusal to accept a peace deal from Premier Mark McGowan last year is expected to be a major consideration in the distribution of their eye-watering legal fees.

The Federal Court has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to cover any legal costs incurred following his rejection of Premier Mark McGowan's peace offering.

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy is being given one last chance to refine its $19 million case against Chinese-owned CITIC, after parts were branded “legally embarrassing” in the Supreme Court.

The Attorney General has lashed Clive Palmer for threatening the federal government with an international damages claim, accusing the magnate of using expensive lawsuits to “get his own way”.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has ­enjoyed a surge in support as preferred prime minister, the latest Newspoll shows.

Western Australia’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by Mineralogy in one of the many lawsuits between the Clive Palmer-owned mining company and CITIC Limited's subsidiary Sino Iron.

Western Australia's legal bill in fighting mining magnate Clive Palmer's defamation lawsuit against Premier Mark McGowan has been calculated to be more than $2 million.

Chinese company CITIC Pacific Mining could be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Clive Palmer to gain access to additional land for its Sino Iron project after being strongly criticised in a Supreme Court ruling.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses why record levels of investment in waste treatment projects may not be enough to repair WA's flagging recycling efforts.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the latest on The Perth Mint, Clive Palmer and Reserve Bank of Australia, and preview next fortnight's edition of Business News.

Clive Palmer’s private company has posted a bumper annual profit of $276 million as he continues to benefit from a lucrative royalties deal on a Pilbara iron ore project.

Shifting further to the right will be electorally disastrous for the Liberal Party.

A WA Supreme Court judge has struck out some parts of Clive Palmer-owned Mineralogy’s pleas in an ongoing dispute with CITIC Limited, describing the claim as embarrassing.

Clive Palmer and Mineralogy have succeeded their bid to update allegations against subsidiaries of CITIC Pacific Mining, which a Supreme Court judge has described as "grave in nature".

Clive Palmer has had a minor win in a court fight against mining executive Shankar Madan, over royalties from Mineralogy’s Balmoral project.

Clive Palmer has launched another legal action against CITIC and its executives, alleging they conspired to injure and embarrass him through court proceedings over the past decade.

CITIC Pacific Mining has started its bid to fast track the legal proceedings against billionaire Clive Palmer's company Mineralogy, taking the matter to the Supreme Court of WA.

A giant Pilbara mine enmeshed in a dispute between its owner and Clive Palmer is likely to cease operations within the next few years, a Supreme Court judge has found.

Attorney General John Quigley has opened up on the sensational and secretive drafting of legislation in 2020 designed to shield WA taxpayers from Clive Palmer.

Clive Palmer has resumed his war of words with Attorney General John Quigley after he detailed the measures taken to keep plans to amend a state agreement quiet.

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy has had a minor win in the state’s highest court, in the bid to inspect the emails of two senior CITIC executives.