Billionaire Clive Palmer is fighting a legal war with WA on many fronts and may not stop until he bankrupts the state.
to kill an estimated $30 billion damages claim from Mr Palmer over the stalled Balmoral South iron ore project.
He also repeatedly called “bullsh*t” on the $30 billion figure, but refused to say how much he was seeking.It prompted Mr Quigley to call Mr Palmer a “rank liar”. “It was carefully drafted. However, the legislation is certainly unusual and might be challenged on a few different fronts,” he told NCA NewsWire.
WA’s daily newspaper has depicted Mr Palmer as Dr Evil, a cane toad and a cockroach in a series of front pages. Mr McGowan has expressed concern that the state’s best legal minds are going to be tied up with Mr Palmer rather than dealing with COVID-19.
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