The Liberal bullies and the Murdoch-Costello press have jammed their frame around indigenous recognition, and it boils down to 'we will decide what you can have, and it’s probably going to be bugger-all'.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has lost its bid for an immediate royalty payment from CITIC, with ramifications for his Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland.

While much of the media's attention on Monday was focused on the prime minister furiously stabbing the reset button other, more substantial, events were playing out, writes Crikey's Bernard Keane.

The outspoken Palmer United Party leader has accused the Chinese of being "mongrels" who want to take Australia's natural resources for free.

Palmer's Abbott-like inconsistency produced extraordinary, shambolic scenes as the government tried desperately to keep up with him. But for the moment, they'll deprive the government of its long-awaited moment.

So what just happened there? That was the first, second and third reaction of the extraordinary sight of Clive Palmer – he of the outstanding carbon tax bills, dismissive of climate science and renewables, the promoter of a massive coal mine, proprietor of a dinosaur park and the builder of a replica Titanic – standing side by side with Al Gore, writes Giles Parkinson.

Brenton Prosser & Richard Denniss, The Conversation If you believe the recent media reports about the composition of the Senate from July 1 next year,...