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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Karen Hardy

'Clive Palmer holds the record': Government secrets and a spicy ko po chicken

Amy Lo and Lin Pun are closing the doors at China Plate in Kingston. Picture by Karleen Minney

On February 11, 2015, the unholy trinity of Clive Palmer, Christopher Pyne and Mathias Cormann sat down at Kingston's China Plate restaurant and ordered some duck pancakes, a half dozen shantung dumplings and a serve of wasabi steak. They were there to ostensibly discuss the deregulation of university fees but Amy Lo knows better.

The media had set up outside her restaurant on Kennedy Street, watching through the glass as the politicians gesticulated and pored over seemingly important documents.

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