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Quigley a national disgrace: Palmer
Clive Palmer has labelled John Quigley a national disgrace following revelations the WA Attorney General secretly rushed through the controversial Amendment Act to cause him personal damage.
Mr Palmer has strongly argued that aspects of the Amendment Act are highly draconian in nature by imposing severe restrictions on legal actions against individual politicians and the State of Western Australia.
The law also excluded the Freedom of Information Act, which ordinarily allows media and the public greater transparency into government action and the capacity for informed scrutiny.
Mr Palmer said The Amendment Act exempted the state from defined liabilities, removed potential appeal and review rights and excluded principles of natural justice.
Mr Palmer has taken the matter to International Arbitration.
“Mr Quigley’s legacy will be that he is the worst Attorney General in the country since Federation,” Mr Palmer said.
“He and former Premier Mark McGowan will go down in history as causing the largest damages by any government.
“He had to apologise and ask to re-do his evidence to the Federal Court of Australia because he contradicted Mark McGowan – who we now know works for his true master BHP.
“It is John Quigley and Mark McGowan who have put the Commonwealth in this position. As Attorney General he should be concerned for the rule of law.
“John Quigley continues to show his incompetence which has destroyed billions of dollars of wealth to Western Australians and Australians,” Mr Palmer said.
