Clive Palmer

[Bigfish]

We are getting inundated with adverts trying to tell us what a great bloke clive palmer is and how we should let him get QNI back up and running.  Some people have very short memories. Just proves  how stupid some people are..

Excerpt from 1 month ago..

In the past 24-hours, Clive Palmer has announced he will spend $100,000 in sponsorship deals in a bid to boost his popularity.

Palmer is seeking to sponsor North Queensland football club and other local sporting clubs but Member for Herbert in Townsville Cathy O’Toole says “it would be like rubbing salt in the wounds of former workers”.

“It’s outrageous,” she tells Ross Greenwood.

“Clive is trying to do everything he possibly can to get the community on side except do the one thing that he should and that’s pay those workers their entitlements.

“People in our community have very long memory, so they don’t forget easily the devastation that was caused by the collapse of Queensland Nickel and the ripple out affect into our community.

“If Clive wants to ingratiate himself into our community, he would be best advised to pay the former [Queensland Nickel] workers their entitlements.”



Clive Palmer’s elusive nephew Clive Mensink has also lost an appeal against two warrants issued to bring him to the federal court for questioning over the collapse of Queensland Nickel Refinery.

Mensink, who ran the refinery, disappeared overseas in June 2016.

Liquidators now allege he was running the company alongside Clive Palmer, despite Palmer not being allowed to run the refinery while he was in federal parliament.

They’re alleging Palmer acted as a shadow director, and have sought to freeze Palmer’s assets.

[edz]

Maybe there should be a united front from all concerned that are owed  and invite themselves to Clives place for a good old fashioned party, Where out of the apologetic mending of his ways he authorises full payment of monies owed ....
In return for not being the Party Pinata toy swinging from the nearest tree. 

[GBC]

Sounds like a job, for Bob.

[JusyApples]

Just a big fat grub

[MarkVS]

Another one that really doesn’t care who they hurt along the way

[gronk]

Just a big fat grub

Who happens to be rich and has no understanding on how to be an upstanding citizen .

[Merts]

In return for not being the Party Pinata toy swinging from the nearest tree. 

You'd need a pretty substantial branch to swing Clive from.

[MattNQ]

I found the flurry of ads quite surprising and amusing. They must think we are goldfish.

He has not a skerrick of credibility or respect left in Townsville and yet the ads are pushing him as some sort of economic messiah. 

They talk of Clive pumping millions of his own money into the refinery......and yet he has not seen fit to use any of his own money to pay the workers what they were owed.   

[Jeepers Creepers]

yeah, we have them down these parts too.

I reckon, it'll be part of a grand scheme to dodge some tax.

[KieranR]

For the sake of Townsville, i hope the refinery gets up and running again, whether that be by Clive or some other company, people need to work, Townsville is a struggling community, the refinery provided jobs for many many people both directly and indirectly.

I worked at the refinery for 5 or  6 years, it gave me my start, but im so glad i left there over 10 years ago now

Refinery needs to re open
Clive needs to pay back his former employees their entitlements
they need plenty more good wet seasons
crime needs to be reduced as its out of control
real estate prices need to rebound so i can sell my place at bushland beach and forget about Townsville once and for all