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State election 2021: Palmer silent on McGowan win

The West Australian
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He talked tough on the hard border, taking his beef all the way to the High Court, and threatened to help dethrone the Premier — but Mark McGowan’s arch nemesis, billionaire Clive Palmer, has gone strangely quiet since Saturday’s historic win.

Prior to the election, Mr Palmer had promised to run candidates in WA, believing he could cause some electoral pain.

But then Mr Palmer announced last month that his United Australia Party would not contest the election.

Mr Palmer made national headlines when he took WA’s hard border policy to the High Court. It was a gambit that also failed.

Strangely, he has kept rather quiet since Mr McGowan’s win.

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