SENATOR JACQUI LAMBIEJacqui Lambie quit the Palmer party in November 2014, after a series of bitter and very public slanging matches with her leader. She said she could not vote in the best interests of Tasmania and also remain in the party, and accused Mr Palmer of bullying, intimidation and orchestrating sly personal attacks.
Mr Palmer variously called Senator Lambie a drama queen and a liar with an over-inflated ego. He also suggested she had infiltrated the party in an attempt to blow it up.
SENATOR GLENN LAZARUS
Glenn Lazarus quit the Palmer party in March 2015, saying he and Mr Palmer have different ideas about the concept of team work and he doesn't agree with the way the party is being run.
He said his decision to abandon the party had nothing to do with the fact his wife Tess was sacked from her party job hours earlier, and also said Mr Palmer had at times exhibited bullying behaviour. But Mr Palmer said the senator had spat the dummy over the sacking, and should quit the Senate.
He also revealed Senator Lazarus had dumped him by text message.
QUEENSLAND MP ALEX DOUGLAS
Alex Douglas was the Queensland leader of the Palmer United Party but quit in August 2014, accusing leader Clive Palmer of cronyism.
He said Mr Palmer had put up relatives, mates and business associates as candidates for the 2015 state election, and the party's preselection process had no integrity. Mr Palmer in turn accused Dr Douglas of seeking improper
involvement in preselections, and branded the state MP a two-faced bastard.
He also accused Dr Douglas, who is Bob Katter's nephew, of pushing for a merger of the Palmer and Katter parties.
QUEENSLAND MP CARL JUDGE
Carl Judge, the Palmer United Party's last Queensland MP, quit in October 2014, but denied there'd been a falling out with Mr Palmer.
He praised the party leader's efforts to "improve democracy in Australia" but said that effort should be concentrated on the federal level. Mr Palmer wished Mr Judge well and said he left the party because he wanted to recontest his existing seat of Yeerongpilly, rather than take on then attorney-general Jarrod Bleijie in Kawana for the Palmer party.
NORTHERN TERRITORY MPs ALISON ANDERSON, LARISA LEE AND FRANCIS XAVIER
The three MPs quit the Palmer party in September and November 2014, after a period of about six months. Ms Anderson said her membership of the party had become an embarrassment and Ms Lee said the Palmer camp had left them in the dark.
Both women said promised support on Aboriginal rights had not eventuated in the federal realm, and the party hadn't been properly funded in the territory. Mr Palmer was quiet on those departures.
