Clive Palmer to announce his new political party, Trumpet of Patriots

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Clive Palmer to announce his new political party, Trumpet of Patriots

Billionaire Clive Palmer is set to announce his new political party, Trumpet of Patriots, with initial campaign material echoing lines from Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again pitch, including calls to “drain the swamp”.

The mining magnate is expected to share more details of the new political party at a press conference in Canberra at 11am on Wednesday.

According to the party’s temporary website, Trumpet of Patriots is promising “commonsense policies for Australia” and will be critical of the “Labor and Liberal duopoly” as well as the Greens and teal independents.

Camera IconClive Palmer is set to announce his new political party Trumpet of Patriots. NewsWire/ Jeremy Piper Credit: News Corp Australia

The website also features candidate nomination forms for both lower house and senate seats.

“The simple reason your cost of living is so high is because Australians are being ripped off by the political system, unelected bureaucrats and the lobbyists who support them,” the website says.

“Enough is enough! We will drain the swamp!”

Mr Palmer’s political pitch follows the voluntary deregistration of his former United Australia Party (UAP) in late 2022, which was unable to be re-registered despite a failed High Court challenge.

The Queensland-based rich lister has also previously spent $123m on the 2022 federal election, which installed his candidate Ralph Babet in the Senate.

Anthony Albanese dashed the political effectiveness of Mr Palmer’s new party while acknowledging people were entitled to run.

“A bloke who spends over $100 million to deliver one senate seat with a bloke who sits in the corner and just engages in conspiracy theories I don’t think represents value for money,” the Prime Minister said.

“I’m not sure what the objective of them is, but people are entitled to put themselves forward in an election, but if you’re a serious political party, then you have to have serious policies.”

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