'GET STUFFED': CLIVE PALMER HANGS UP ON ABC RADIO HOST
August 28, 2013, Jonathan Swan
Prime ministerial aspirant Clive Palmer abruptly ended a phone
interview with ABC's Jon Faine after being questioned about past
allegations of violence against women involving two Palmer United Party
candidates.
Look I can bring a charge against you for being a deadbeat.
Faine asked the mining magnate why he was running two senate
candidates in Victoria, Barry Michaels and Doug Hawkins, who had "been
to court in relation to allegations of violence against women".
Federal election candidate Clive Palmer did not take kindly to questions about two of his party's candidates. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
''Well of course that's not true,'' Mr Palmer replied, saying
that neither man had been convicted – a charge Mr Faine did not make.
Faine told Mr Palmer that he had chosen his words carefully.
''They were relating to intervention orders and in each instance both
had reason to return to court and respond to those claims,'' Mr Faine
said.
''Look I can bring a charge against you for being a deadbeat,'' Mr Palmer said.
ABC 774 radio host Jon Faine. Photo: Eddie Jim
''They haven't been convicted of anything. They weren't true, the allegations weren't true,'' Mr Palmer said.
''Why don't you talk about policy? Why don't you talk about reducing the pensions?
''I'm not going to talk about things . . . which are not
true. These were allegations in a court. The court dealt with them and
found them to be no case to answer.''
Mr Palmer then said ''goodbye'' and hung up. Faine said that
when his producers called Mr Palmer back, he told them to ''get
stuffed''.
Faine said that he believed that the questions were relevant because they went to the candidates' characters.
Several callers lashed Faine for focusing on the past and failing to ask Mr Palmer about his policies.
According to the Palmer United Party’s website, Mr Hawkins
and Mr Michael have joined the Party’s Victorian Senate ticket as
''sporting legends''.
Mr Hawkins, a renowned Australian football identity, notched
up more than 300 games for Footscray Football Club during the 1990s.
In 2004, he was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.
Mr Michael is a former boxing world champion who was inducted into the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
Mr Palmer's decision to terminate his interview with Mr Faine this morning follows a volatile media appearance on ABC's Lateline on Tuesday evening.
When questioned by Lateline host Emma Alberici over
his involvement in the Ashby-Slipper affair, Mr Palmer labelled LNP
candidate Mal Brough a liar before announcing his intention to sue him. with Lisa Visentin
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Given the opportunity, plenty of people would like to tell Jon Faine where to go. He winds me up sometimes.
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