Palmer United: Not a party but a feeding trough

[nero_bolt]

This is not a political party but a lender of last resort, charging only a loyalty fee:

RENEGADE indigenous politician Alison Anderson joined Clive Palmer’s party after one meeting and a brief look at his policies, in the hope of using a share of his millions of dollars to win the balance of power in the Northern Territory parliament.

Ms Anderson is now expected to become leader of a new PUP parliamentary wing in the Territory, encompassing herself and her two indigenous backbench colleagues, Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu and Larisa Lee…

She said the trio had decided in the past week that it was “impractical” to set up their own party and that they had joined the PUP for “financial support,” security and a party platform… She acknowledged that they had flirted with joining the Katter Party first, but later settled on the “more powerful” PUP.

And in return Clive Palmer will suddenly discover the Aboriginal cause, as defined by Anderson, just as he suddenly discovered the orphan cause, as defined by Jacqui Lambie.

Palmer’s very late and opportunistic conversion to Aboriginal issues have left him no time for study...

Palmer wades into Northern Territory politics and displays his local knowledge on ABC TV’s Insiders yesterday:

ALISON Anderson will be the first parliamentary leader of the — of any parliamentary party as an indigenous person ...

Host Fran Kelly interrupts:

EXCEPT for Adam Giles, who is the Chief Minister there in the Northern Territory.

Palmer has something to say about Giles:

ADAM Giles is just a liar.

Palmer represents something dangerous in politics. Voters might see this better if Labor hadn’t already trashed the brand so completely.

Exactly what does Anderson stand for other than herself?

...she contested the central desert seat of MacDonnell for the Labor Party in the 2005 Northern Territory election, and won it with a strong majority. She was appointed a Minister in the Labor government…

In the wake of the ensuing political crisis she sat as an independent for two years before joining the opposition Country Liberal Party.

And now she’s a Palmer United Party leader in her fourth political incarnation.

[debra9275]

I may just vote for PUP next time round, waiting to see what happens over the next couple of years 

[lakeland27]

 i'm not a Palmer fan, his brand of populist say anything to win is Abbott (in opposition) on steroids. his emergence is tones Karma .

unfortunately he's a climate skeptic  so the outcome is bad for everybody.

[debra9275]

climate change is bad for business, his anyway lol

[lakeland27]

Palmer won't be happy until he destroys newman that's obvious. Newman toadies favour with other magnates and Clive is peeved he wasn't first in line for some government favours.

Abbott is among those who will pay the price, i think clive is enjoying himself.

[the_great_she_elephant · Accepted solution]

I have a strange premonition that he may be spending money he doesn't really have; that his business empire is actually a bit like WA Inc. - a financial tangle of money shuffling with insufficiant real income to sustain it. I predict that sometime in the not to distant future it will all come crashing down about his ears.

[nero_bolt]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

I have a strange premonition that he may be spending money he doesn't really have; that his business empire is actually a bit like WA Inc. - a financial tangle of money shuffling with insufficiant real income to sustain it. I predict that sometime in the not to distant future it will all come crashing down about his ears.

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Agree with you on this one TGSE

[lakeland27]

well a casual audit of his businesses and liabilities had him looking OK.

[nero_bolt]

[freshwater-2]

I have a strange premonition that he may be spending money he doesn't really have; that his business empire is actually a bit like WA Inc. - a financial tangle of money shuffling with insufficiant real income to sustain it. I predict that sometime in the not to distant future it will all come crashing down about his ears.

Me too, SheEl.  I have always had this feeling about him.

I think his mouth is writing cheques he may not be able to cash.

Paper wealth is worth zilch.  And no mention of his liabilities.

Remember Christopher Skase?