Palmer United Party
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Newcastle was Tinkler.
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Ahh cheers for that. I just recall you telling me that Palmer was involved with the Jets as well.
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Nah I got that bit wrong.
Someone has hacked Suzi's account!
Funny joke Chief , now release the real sooz
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I still reckon Palmer wants to lose the seat.
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Look Palmer may have funded the successful America's Cup challenge in 1983, introduced World Series Cricket and his multinational media corporation may have been caught up in a phone hacking scandal but I still say scammer.
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I've wondered about this too. With the power that he will have in the Senate, I'm not sure why he needs to waste his time with one vote in HOR. If I was to put on my tin foil hat, perhaps with the problems going on in the Motoring Entusiasts Party (who didn't see that coming?) he could persuade Ricky Muir to join PUP and then, for a healthy stipend, resign from the Senate allowing Clive to take a seat there.
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I seriously don't think he wants to be in parliament at all.
for a couple of reasons
a) he would have to disclose his interests- why would he want to do that
b) he only ran to make noise, not for a legit contribution to Aus society.
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Much easier to keep the Senators in line if he's a MP and has parliamentary reason to be meeting them all the time.
If Clive Palmer's nothing they may grow resentful of him directing from the boundary line. They are there until June 2018.
If Clive Palmer's nothing they may grow resentful of him directing from the boundary line. They are there until June 2018.
Can I swap mine for tickets to the Winternationals
Must be just about all over. Glen Lazurus has quit.
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This brings up an interesting question for me. Do we vote for a party or an individual in the Senate?
Who had heard of Lambie or Lazurus (apart from sport) before. I believe if I was voting for PUP, I would be disillusioned if the party I voted for (in my state) wasn't represented.
Palmer put up the money for both of them to run, if they want to sit in the Senate as Independents, maybe they should pay Palmer back for the money he spent.
Either way, interesting times ahead in the Senate.
Who had heard of Lambie or Lazurus (apart from sport) before. I believe if I was voting for PUP, I would be disillusioned if the party I voted for (in my state) wasn't represented.
Palmer put up the money for both of them to run, if they want to sit in the Senate as Independents, maybe they should pay Palmer back for the money he spent.
Either way, interesting times ahead in the Senate.
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Falling apart much quicker than I expected.
Won't elect another senator without preference magic.
Won't elect another senator without preference magic.
Lazarus is probably the only PUP candidate that had a shot at winning off his own bat and given that he is reasonably intelligent, it is a wonder that he has been able to put up with Clive for this long
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With Lazarus now saying he's putting Queensland's interests first, and Xenophon and Lambie also putting the priorities of their state first, it's quite nice to see at least a few Senators treating their responsibilities in the chamber in the originally envisioned manner.
