How Clive Palmer could challenge the act designed to stop him getting $30 billion
- Written by Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
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The West Australian government recently took the extraordinary step of passing legislation to try to stop mining magnate Clive Palmer from collecting about $30 billion in damages from the state.
As Premier Mark McGowan argues, such a hefty bill risks bankrupting WA.
While the so-called “Mineralogy Act” passed state...
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