All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does it mean Why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does it mean? 13/10/2021 | 5 MINS This article by Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law at Lombok Institute of Technology, and Ian Murray, Associate Professor at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Conversation on October 13. The High Court has unanimously rejected claims by mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy that legislation passed by the Western Australian parliament intended to prevent him from claiming billions in damages was unconstitutional. The High CourtΓÇÖs decisions are a resounding victory for the Western Australian government. In the short term, the state has been spared a damages claim that may have amounted to nearly $30 billion ΓÇô almost equivalent to its annual budget. WA Premier Mark McGowan called the judgment a ΓÇ£monumental victoryΓÇ¥ for West Australians, saying it confirmed the parliament did ΓÇ£the right thingΓÇ¥ by standing up to

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does it mean Why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does it mean?

13/10/2021 | 5 MINS This article by Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law at Lombok Institute of Technology, and Ian Murray, Associate Professor at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Conversation on October 13.

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The High Court has unanimously rejected claims by mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy that legislation passed by the Western Australian parliament intended to prevent him from claiming billions in damages was unconstitutional.

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The High CourtΓÇÖs decisions are a resounding victory for the Western Australian government.

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In the short term, the state has been spared a damages claim that may have amounted to nearly $30 billion ΓÇô almost equivalent to its annual budget.

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WA Premier Mark McGowan called the judgment a ΓÇ£monumental victoryΓÇ¥ for West Australians, saying it confirmed the parliament did ΓÇ£the right thingΓÇ¥ by standing up to

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