'Another day, another lawsuit': WA premier scoffs at Clive Palmer threats

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WA Premier Mark McGowan says he's confident the courts will continue to reject Clive Palmer's attempts to sue the government over border closures. 9News

Men fined for allegedly illegally crossing border in NSW, after police turned them away from checkpoints"This is a comprehensive victory for Western Australia and the people of this state," he said yesterday.

"We have had to fight Clive Palmer and we had to fight the Liberal Party over our borders, and this has been a vindication of our stance.READ MORE: Clive Palmer said he was launching contempt proceedings against Mr McGowan after the premier suggested the mining magnate could be jailed for his actions.

Mr Palmer has called the legislation unfair and unconstitutional and is taking several approaches to fight it, including in the Federal Court, the Supreme Courts of NSW and Queensland and now the High Court. Mr Palmer was seeking around $30 billion in damages, costs and interest from the WA Government over an earlier decision to refuse development approval for the Balmoral South iron ore project in the Pilbara.Queensland officials have also weighed in on the Federal Court's border ruling."The Federal Court found in favour of particularly WA, and found that their border closure was the most effective tool to keep their citizens safe," Mr Miles said.

 

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WA government is corrupt

Yet Clive Palmer seems to get away with not paying his own employees, how does this sound fair? The fellow is an idiot who shouldn't be trusted with anything

Hi Mark. You won’t need to worry about closing the border. Clive will bankrupt you and own the state of Western Australia.

Mark McGowan another moron who thought he was SMARTER then the rest of us. Good on you Clive.

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