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Clive's Titanic dream goes under
May 8^th, 2016 at 8:55am

who'd have thought... Grin

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THIS was the year flamboyant businessman Clive Palmer’s Titanic II was due to start its maiden voyage from England to New York, but this dream – like his political career – seems to have sunk.

The mining magnate-turned-politician, who announced this week he would not seek re-election in Fairfax, revealed plans to build a replica of the famous ship amid much fanfare in April 2012.

But in the past two years the project has stalled, with talk of a 2018 launch replaced with quips by Mr Palmer about retirement.

Documents published by Queensland Nickel’s administrator FTI Consulting reveal that Mr Palmer’s former company tipped almost $5.9 million into the project from 2012 until April 2014, when the cash slowed to a trickle.

While $1.9 million of that went to project management fees, another $3.3 million was spent on lavish marketing of the venture in the US and Britain.

In February 2013, Mr Palmer launched his plans on the USS Intrepid in New York with a six-star soiree.

Since April 20, 2014, the main costs from QN that went towards Titanic II were mostly for rent of offsite storage and IT related expenses.

Finnish company Deltamarin was commissioned to design Titanic II in June 2012, but by November 2014 it had ceased work on the project.

A Deltamarin spokeswoman said the company had finished its commissions with Blue Star Line, the Palmer company behind Titanic II.

China’s CSC Jinling Shipyard has not responded to requests for comment in the past fortnight.

But workers told The Australian newspaper last year that construction “had never launched” and they thought it was a “rumour”.

This week Mr Palmer said at a press conference he would have to ask his wife if he could pursue the project in retirement.

and probably most of those millions of dollars were stolen from the Nickle mine..

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #1 - May 8^th, 2016 at 8:57am Clive is a failure. Everything he touches turns to $hit.
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #2 - May 8^th, 2016 at 8:58am struth... what a loser
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Reply #3 - May 8^th, 2016 at 9:16am

did the keel ever get laid????>....

I read about two years ago the plan was still on the table..I am wondering if this isnt another gigantic fraud on his part... he is so good a graft and hiding ..who would know...

now hes talking running for the senate... he should be banned from doing such a thing...he has more hanging over his head than... than Bond ever did...and we thought he was the best at fraud.

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Svengali Gold Member Offline Please don't thank me Posts: 3474 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #4 - May 8^th, 2016 at 3:14pm Lisa Jones wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 8:57am: Clive is a failure. Everything he touches turns to $hit. Is Lisa an ex?
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38846 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #5 - May 8^th, 2016 at 3:35pm Svengali wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 3:14pm: Lisa Jones wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 8:57am: Clive is a failure. Everything he touches* turns to $hit. Is Lisa an ex? Do you think she may have been touched* by Clive?
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Reply #6 - May 8^th, 2016 at 3:36pm

Aussie wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 3:35pm:

Svengali wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 3:14pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 8:57am:

Clive is a failure. Everything he touches* turns to $hit.

Is Lisa an ex?

Do you think she may have been touched* by Clive?

With her confession Lisa must have been extremely intimate with Clive.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #7 - May 8^th, 2016 at 3:39pm I'm disappointed. God was getting another iceberg ready.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38846 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #8 - May 8^th, 2016 at 3:42pm bogarde73 wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 3:39pm: I'm disappointed. God was getting another iceberg ready. Never write Clive (or Titanic 11) off.
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Svengali Gold Member Offline Please don't thank me Posts: 3474 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #9 - May 8^th, 2016 at 3:51pm bogarde73 wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 3:39pm: I'm disappointed. God was getting another iceberg ready. Bogarde73 is talking with god again.
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16624 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #10 - May 8^th, 2016 at 10:53pm President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 8:58am: struth... what a loser http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/13178049_823382557768385_8050494... I want that burger, right now!
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16624 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #11 - May 8^th, 2016 at 10:55pm Svengali wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 3:14pm: Lisa Jones wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 8:57am: Clive is a failure. Everything he touches turns to $hit. Is Lisa an ex? LTYC Sublime.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38846 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #12 - May 8^th, 2016 at 11:02pm Someone will be 'disappointed' in you tomorrow, and you better take notice, right? (If you don't, the sky will fall on you.)
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16624 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #13 - May 8^th, 2016 at 11:07pm Aussie wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 11:02pm: Someone will be 'disappointed' in you tomorrow, and you better take notice, right? (If you don't, the sky will fall on you.) You talkin' to me, there ain't no one else here? People disappoint me all the time, some more than others.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 139221 Gender:	Re: Clive's Titanic dream goes under Reply #14 - May 9^th, 2016 at 12:09am Lisa Jones wrote on May 8^th, 2016 at 8:57am: Clive is a failure. Everything he touches turns to $hit. Where did he touch you, Lisa?
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