Clive Palmer's spectacular end to climate change saga

By Tom Allard and Lisa Cox
Updated November 1 2014 - 7:13am, first published 6:14am
Clive Palmer and Environment Minister Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Clive Palmer and Environment Minister Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
"Convenient truce". Photo: Simon Letch
"Convenient truce". Photo: Simon Letch
Clive Palmer and Environment Minister Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Clive Palmer and Environment Minister Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Clive Palmer and Environment Minister Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Clive Palmer and Environment Minister Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Meares

Even by the outsized standards of Clive Palmer, it was a breathtaking display of chutzpah.