Not that it's likely made the media over there, but one of Australia's wealthiest scumbags, Clive Palmer ran for, and made it into Federal Parliament last time around with his Palmer United Party.
How wealthy ?
Well his pet project is the $500M "Titanic II"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II
http://bluestarline.com.au/
Which gives you an idea on how much loose change he can shake out of the sofa.
One of his ventures "Queensland Nickel" was facing hard time, so naturally, one of the richest blokes in the country approached the Federal Govt for a bailout...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-19/cl...-nickel/7097370
* the company is $70M in debt...
* the company contributed $21M to Palmer's political campaign.
* Initial statements are that employees will not get their termination entitlements (in Oz, the banks come first, employees just about last).
But he HAS promised to "tell the truth"...just not yet.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/...c6087eec2587e95
How wealthy ?
Well his pet project is the $500M "Titanic II"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II
http://bluestarline.com.au/
Which gives you an idea on how much loose change he can shake out of the sofa.
One of his ventures "Queensland Nickel" was facing hard time, so naturally, one of the richest blokes in the country approached the Federal Govt for a bailout...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-19/cl...-nickel/7097370
* the company is $70M in debt...
* the company contributed $21M to Palmer's political campaign.
* Initial statements are that employees will not get their termination entitlements (in Oz, the banks come first, employees just about last).
But he HAS promised to "tell the truth"...just not yet.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/...c6087eec2587e95