Clive Palmer's company donates $2 million to United Australia Party

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Clive Palmer's company donates $2 million to United Australian Party

A private company owned by businessman Clive Palmer has declared a $2 million donation to Mr Palmer's United Australia Party.It is the single biggest donation declared under Queensland electoral lawsIt is further evidence the businessman plans to play a major role in the Queensland election campaign in the lead up to the October 31 poll.

The Electoral Commission Queensland's public database shows Mineralogy Pty Ltd made the donation yesterday, with a description of the gift as "Transfer of 2Million to CPUAP Qld State Bank account".Although his party failed to pick up a seat, the businessman said his primary motivation was to stop Labor from being elected.

Yesterday's $2 million transfer is easily the single biggest donation declared under Queensland electoral laws. It puts Clive Palmer's United Australian Party on a similar financial footing to the two major political parties. ECQ records show Labor and the LNP this year have received $1.7 million and $3.9 million in donations respectively.

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Wonder how many workers will lose their jobs from tjod

Jabba the hutt is at it again. Where's Hans Solo when you need him?

Maybe direct that money to the Qld workers he did over a while back?

Hehe, 'donates'..

Is this legal?

Clive Palmer pays Clive palmer

Who cares? Of course he is donating to his own party. Who else would waste their own money.

“I didn’t want to pay tax and on 2 mil” (Donates my arse)

PissOffClive

MSMWatchdog2013 So AusElectoralCom has done nothing about this even those he has been taken to court for doing a similar thing previously? AuspolSoCorrupt

MSMWatchdog2013 Let's try again, ABC. Clive Palmer games our democratic system by funding a fake party in order to lower the Labor vote and increase Coalition preferences so he gets to buy the government that best suits his business investments.

Those seats won’t buy themselves

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Here we go again. This time he’ll buy the Queensland state election.

CliveFPalmer up to his usual fattymcfuckhead antics. Clive no ones wants you. Thank god you are not in charge of the health and safety of Queenslanders. You skid mark. skidmarkClive

clivepalmerm up to his usual fattymcfuckhead antics. Clive no ones wants you.

Why is this not illegal?

It's his own friggin party - you cant 'donate' to yourself for crying out loud... That's like saying you can make passionate love to your own hand.

Looking to have an impact in upcoming Qld election.

He has just been heavily fined for overuse of the whip in flogging his dead horse !!!!

Is that Dicko from Australia's Got Talent

It's good of Clive to help the ALP by telling people to not vote for the ALP.

I reckon Clive Palmer is due for a well earned holiday ! I hear China is good this time of the year.

Only $2m...? Clearly they were shortchanged.

Why isn't this against the law Just like Clive Palmer should be...

...well someone has to!

'Donates'

😂😂😂😂😂

Has he paid the nickel workers yet?

Did he ever pay his workers their entitlements promised after federal election?

you mean from his left pocket to the right?

How does AusElectoralCom allow this fake party to exist?

YvonneGunn They forgot to put Dis before the party title.

He obviously still only knows GREED & has NOT had a conscience about depriving his WORKERS of their rights & INCOME!! 'Just one more little dinner mint!!

Did he end up paying back all those workers he ripped off?

This millionaire doesn’t put money into campaigns to win seats just to disrupt the democratic process.

So he ‘donated’ to himself. Is it tax deductible? 😁

More lies to bamboozle the uninformed.

Living proof that billionaires are the cancer of society.

F****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course!

And still yet another F*ckwit.

Tax rort.

Well of course they did.

Fishy

Tax dodges

Has he paid his former employees yet?

ScallywagRay I hate this living mountain of trash

Isn’t that some sort of conflict of interest?

MUST BE FOR TAX REASONS!

How can this be legal?

Did he ever pay his staff?

Is there an emojii for a double take?

So he donated money to himself. That's 'news'

So he's human centipeding his own businesses.

How about paying your Townsville employee's their entitlements, you pathetic wanker

the corruption never ends for Clive

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