tithin posted:

This is ... something

quote:

A Federal Court judge has ordered Clive Palmer to explain a tweet sent from his account during a hearing at which he failed to appear.

The former politician again avoided a hearing in Brisbane on Thursday morning, after being warned to move “heaven and earth” to comply with court orders.

The court heard Mr Palmer had complied with all orders issued at the previous hearing on December 1 but Justice John Reeves asked for an “explanation” of a tweet sent out during the hearing.

The tweet, sent at 11.44am on that date, showed a photograph of Mr Palmer, which appeared to have been taken outside the nearby Supreme Court, and the words "Hey memesters, you vibin' my style??"

Justice Reeves ordered Mr Palmer file an affidavit explaining the “provenance and contents of the tweet that was reportedly promulgated under his name” by close of business on December 13.

In a long-running series of Federal Court dates, liquidators have been examining the 2016 collapse of Mr Palmer’s Queensland Nickel business, owing $300 million and costing 800 jobs.

They have been trying to recoup debts, including almost $70 million in taxpayer money paid out to sacked workers, claiming Mr Palmer was acting as a shadow director.

Mr Palmer had been ordered to front court on Wednesday unless “expressly notified” by the liquidators but they said he had complied with all orders.

He was also required to produce records of multiple payments, some in excess of $1 million, made from Queensland Nickel parties to entities including Mineralogy and Mr Palmer.

Those orders came out of a December 1 hearing in which liquidators warned they were “starting the process” for contempt of court proceedings following his failure to show the previous day.

Mr Palmer garnered a large social media following after his retirement from politics, thanks in part to a seemingly never-ending stream of bizarre poems and memes.

He posted this tweet hours before the "Hey memesters" entry.

On Wednesday morning, he treated his followers to a sort of meme pyramid, following on from a minimalist ode to hamburgers and lettuce the previous day.

I love a hamburger
I love a lettuce

— Clive Palmer (@CliveFPalmer) December 5, 2017

quote:

"Teacher what was a tim tam?"

"Well many years ago, before the flood..."

Doctor Spaceman posted:

The best thing Clive Palmer could do is gently caress off and die.

https://twitter.com/jrhennessy/status/937851508405649408

thatbastardken posted:

made it mandatory

BBJoey posted:

the greens amendment would have removed the provision for existing civil celebrants to register as ‘religious’ civil celebrants and thereby gain the right to refuse solemnising gay marriages, iirc

Periphery posted:

https://twitter.com/politicsabc/status/938508290329214976

BBJoey posted:

the greens amendment would have removed the provision for existing civil celebrants to register as ‘religious’ civil celebrants and thereby gain the right to refuse solemnising gay marriages, iirc

iajanus posted:

As long as they also allow us to keep our current marriages in addition I guess this is ok.

You Am I posted:

I wonder what changed in Sarah Henderson from being a good ABC journo to an absolute nasty Liberal Party MP. She's voting yes but still wants dumbshit amendments in the bill.

Inescapable Duck posted:

I have no idea what Katter is actually saying and I don't think I want to know.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/lanesainty/status/938629901766103041

I'm not misreading this as partial confirmation of the rumours am I?

JBP posted:

Who did he root?

quote:

Guardian AU:

George Christensen begins his speech in support of the latest amendment that has nothing to do with the issue at hand, by criticising Labor for not having its conscience vote.

Then he turns to the public gallery.

“We have seen cheers from the gallery, cheering for the erosion of religious liberty.”

The public gallery breaks into applause.

You Am I posted:

BBJoey posted:

gently caress i hate parliament

how much of taxpayers money has been spent - disregarding the survey - on letting these dipshits hold their weeks-long circus before passing marriage equality?

You Am I posted:

https://twitter.com/DanConifer/status/938637565577461760