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Billionaire, WA Premier set for defamation trial
Mediation would not be a “useful way” for the lawyers of Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan to spend their time, a court has heard, as they gear up for a defamation trial over comments made during their border war.
The Queensland billionaire and Western Australia Premier are suing each other in the Federal Court over allegedly defamatory remarks each made in the media during their bitter and ongoing feud.
Both men have publicly traded barbs in recent months over the state’s border closure and controversial legislation introduced by WA parliament, which shut down Mr Palmer’s damages claim over a stalled iron ore project.
Matthew Richardson, Mr Palmer’s lawyer, told the court on Tuesday any attempts at mediation would not “be a useful…
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