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He may be good with billions, but not so with millions

July 4, 2012 - 16:56 -- Admin

"At last count, I've knocked on more than 3 million doors since 1969, that's a lot of doors", Clive Palmer said.

It sure is - that's 69,767 per year. Let's be generous and allow 366 days in a year. That's an average of 190 doors a day. At 3 minutes a door that's 9.5 hours a day. Clive has been a busy boy. Or else it's a sad indictment of the numeracy skills of the political journalists who left this claim unchallenged.

Update: On Lateline last night he said it was 4 million. Must have had a busy day.