Clive Palmer Hit Backs At Peter Garrett During Election Campaign Launch

Clive Palmer launched his official election campaign over the weekend with a speech that took aim at Midnight Oil vocalist Peter Garrett. 

The remarks from Palmer were a response to comments from Garrett at an Oils concert at Sunshine Stadium in Queensland earlier this month, during which the musician said that Palmer was "not fit to hold public office".

“If you think you can actually change the direction of the country with people who are not fit to hold public office – after stuffing up the Coolum resort, and not paying workers in Townsville, and spraying billboards... I mean, you’ve seen fat boy up close, you know what a total wank this is!" Garrett said during the show.

“People rattle on on talkback radio about un-Australian, well let me tell you, that big giant heap of nothing is the most un-Australian thing I have ever seen.”

During the United Australia Party launch event over the weekend, Palmer responded to the comments from the former politician and rock star, as reported by Courier Mail.

"I think Peter is a very intellectual guy and if he thinks I’m a big heap of nothing he can read The Australian that says I’ve got about $18.5 billion which is a lot more than he’s made in his life from singing songs and whistling," Palmer said.

"I like Peter Garrett, I buy his songs and I sing to his music, I think he’s a nice guy but I never insult him by saying something like that about him, so he must be under pressure in his marriage or something like that must’ve gone wrong to make him so angry."