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Palmer says he is not responsible for paying redundant workers' entitlements

Tuesday, 26 Jan 2016 15:43:16

Federal Member for Fairfax Clive Palmer said Queensland Nickel worker payouts are not his issue. (ABC: Damien Larkins)

Clive Palmer says he is not personally responsible for paying out the entitlements of Queensland Nickel workers made redundant before the company went into voluntary administration.

The company, which donated more than $20 million to Palmer United Party, went into voluntary administration last week and the administrators have so far refused to pay the entitlements of the 237 workers laid off at the Yabulu refinery near Townsville.

Upon his election to federal parliament in 2013, Mr Palmer stepped down as director of the company and says he has only been in a supervising role since.

"When the workers were made redundant they were given two weeks' wages in advance, and then under the Fair Work act they were given a statement of their entitlements," he said.

"The administrator has decided not to pay their entitlements, not me ... [I] really had no control over it.

"I've put up $250 million of assets to support any arrangement that the administrator comes up with, but the administrator is the one that is in control."

"[I'm] no more [financially accountable] than the other thousand employees who approved things.

"This whole thing about worker entitlements is the biggest beat up in press history."

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