Dr Williams wrote in The Conversation of 20 May 2014 that at Palmer’s post-Budget Press Club appearance ‘we saw a more measured and reflective Clive Palmer, who appears to be positioning himself not just as a politician of substance, but as Australia’s alternative opposition leader.Palmer’s strategy is clear. First, capture the white-hot anger that Australians, from all walks of life, are giving off over the country’s toughest budget in 20 years.’