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NewsMail Morning Edition Fri 11 Jul, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Palmer stymies carbon tax repeal, flies to NZ, walks out of interview By political correspondent Emma Griffiths After skewering the Government's attempts to kill off the carbon tax in the Senate, Clive Palmer has walked out of an interview with the ABC's 7.30 amid questions about his legal battle with a former Chinese business partner. Mr Palmer did the interview by video-link from New Zealand after spending most of Thursday in Canberra, leading his party's tactics on the crucial vote. The mining tycoon is currently engaged in a bitter legal dispute with Citic Pacific that centres on cost blow-outs and royalty payments at an iron ore project in WA. "Don't talk to me about allegations and bullshit," he said in response to questions from 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson. 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