By MAX AITCHISON, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 22:39 GMT, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 22:53 GMT, 18 February 2025

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has launched a ‘Make Australia Great Again’ political party just weeks before the federal election.

The billionaire is set to announce a new political party called ‘Trumpet of the Patriots’ at a press conference in Canberra at 11am.

It will replace his United Australia Party, which he failed in a High Court bid to re-register, and will focus on slashing ‘government waste and corruption’.

‘For too long, Australians have suffered from a Labor and Liberal duopoly of power supported by the Greens and now the Teals,’ a statement on the new party’s temporary website reads.

‘The simple reason your cost of living is so high is because Australians are being ripped off by the political system, unelected bureaucrats and the lobbyists who support them. 

Echoing US President Donald Trump’s language, the statement adds: ‘Enough is enough! We will drain the swamp!’

The Trumpet of the Patriots was originally registered in 2011, according to a Australian Electoral Commission register. 

More to come.  

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Clive Palmer launches ‘Make Australia Great Again’ political party just weeks before the election

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