Clive Palmer will not try to influence Queensland Nickel inquiry, senator says

United Australia party’s Brian Burston insists any interference would be a ‘conflict of interest’ and ‘corruption’

Brian Burston, the former One Nation and now United Australia party senator, says he would consider it a “conflict of interest” and “corruption” if an elected Clive Palmer sought to influence a commonwealth-appointed special purpose liquidator into Queensland Nickel.

Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery owed about $300m to creditors, including local businesses and the federal government, when it collapsed in 2016.

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