Palmer unveils more election candidates Mining magnate Clive Palmer announced four more federal candidates for his United Australia Party. BILLIONAIRE businessman Clive Palmer has announced four more federal candidates for his United Australia Party (UAP). The UAP candidates are senior business executive Clive Mensink for the seat of Dickson, sales executive Craig Gunnis for Ryan, small business owner Veronica Ford for Brisbane and IT executive Thor Prohaska for the seat of Petrie. The party already has two sitting MPs in Queensland parliament and seven federal candidates, including Mr Palmer. The UAP plans to stand candidates in all 150 seats in the House of Representatives. However, Mr Palmer still needs to register the party with the Australian Electoral Commission by May 13 for the September 14 election. Mr Palmer also announced he would run candidates in every seat at the next Queensland election. The UAP is opposed to hiking the medicare levy to fund a disability insurance scheme and would repeal the carbon price and the mining taxes.