Mr Palmer appears to be paranoid.
Queensland election coming up.
Palmer says green groups funded by CIA
Updated
Queensland businessman Clive Palmer has accused green groups of being funded by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Mr Palmer has referred to a paper produced by environmental group Greenpeace which calls for action to stop the expansion of the Queensland coal industry.
He says it is tantamount to treason.
Greenpeace’s plans were leaked to the media earlier this month as it organises a campaign to raise $6 million to fund legal battles against controversial coal mining projects across Australia.
“This is a serious matter indeed because it goes to the political independence of all Australians,” Mr Palmer said.
“Whatever the views are, whatever the issues are, whatever the Greens want to raise, it should be raised by Australian Greens by Australians Greens supporters.
“We don’t want domination by a foreign power and that’s what we’ve got here.”
Mr Palmer says former Greens candidate Drew Hutton, who was consulted about the document, should be concerned.
But Mr Hutton says the mining magnate’s claims are bizarre.
“I just think that’s a bridge too far,” Mr Hutton said.
“I don’t even understand the argument, to tell you the truth.
“The only thing I know about that particular document that he’s referring to is that it’s an attempt by environmental organisations to access funds to do campaigning.”
Court action
Mr Palmer is active politically and within the courts system.
One of the Coalition’s biggest financial donors and a member of the Liberal National Party, Mr Palmer last week announced his companies were preparing legal action based on advice the Government’s carbon tax legislation was unconstitutional.
But he will not be joining into any High Court action to stop the Federal Government’s mining tax despite saying it is bad for the economy.
“It probably won’t cost me anything because I’m not mining anything that comes under the classification of it,” he said.
But Mr Palmer is set to sue international hotel operator Hyatt for $60 million over its management of the Sunshine Coast Hyatt resort, which Mr Palmer owns.
The magnate is alleging the company has been siphoning profits from the resort and sending the money to the US rather than the resort’s owners.
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