A former Coalition MP for the seat devastated by Clive Palmer's business record has slammed a deal with the 'vacuous' mining magnate.
A former Coalition MP for the seat devastated by Clive Palmer's business record has slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison's preference deal with the "vacuous" mining magnate, and says he is shocked and disgusted Australians are considering voting for him.
Brian Burston, a United Australia Party senator for NSW, has already talked up the party's hopes of winning up to six Senate seats across the nation. The deal will also assist the Coalition to defeat Labor in marginal seats such as Flynn, Capricornia and Dawson in north Queensland.The imminent deal was quickly criticised by former West Australian premier Colin Barnett, who was burned by his own preference swaps with One Nation at the 2017 state election.
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