Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay more than $13 million after an international tribunal dismissed his claim of being a foreign investor.

The dispute focused on Western Australian government legislation in 2020, which impeded his ability to pursue $30 billion in damages against the Western Australia government.

Mr Palmer claimed the law change was "targeted, weaponised legislation of an unprecedented nature".

The case related to the government's initial refusal in 2012 to allow him to develop the Balmoral South iron ore project in the Pilbara region.

In 2021, the High Court ruled unanimously that the law passed by the WA government to prevent Mr Palmer from suing it was valid.

Having exhausted legal challenge options in Australia, Mr Palmer still had other opt

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