Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie and mentor Clive Palmer hurl insults as PUP implodes It could be bye-bye Clive as Senator Jacqui Lambie considers her future with the Palmer United Party. Jacqui Lambie arrives at the Senate doors yesterday. THE war between Clive Palmer and Jacqui Lambie has escalated, with the Tasmanian senator accusing her former political benefactor of running a "mud-slinging campaign" against her. Senator Lambie is mulling over her future and has vowed to make a "respectful" announcement about whether she will formally quit the Palmer United Party next week. Senator Lambie's chief of staff Rob Messenger suggested a person close to Mr Palmer's office was behind a leak of details about a legal dispute she was facing. Channel 7 last night reported Defence was pursuing Senator Lambie over an $11,000 over-payment in compensation. NAME CHANGE: Jacqui Lambie drops PUP name and logo from website DEMOTED: Palmer removes Lambie from parliamentary positions ALLEGIANCES: Lambie supports fledgling Veterans party ACCUSATIONS: Palmer accuses Lambie of lying The dispute relates to payments she received in 2010 while she also drew down on her Defence super to pay her mortgage because she was in financial hardship. Senator Lambie was last night speaking to her lawyer and said she was entitled to the payments. Mr Messenger said the leak was "suspicious." "It's part of a mud-slinging campaign," he said. It was to be expected but it's disappointing. Senator Lambie said she was seeking advice on whether she could quit PUP. "Just making sure that if I was to leave, that it is all done in a respectful manner," she said. She said she would detail complaints about Mr Palmer under Senate privilege. The PUP leader took to radio to declare Senator Lambie had gone "berserk" over the debate about a pay rise for Defence personnel. "All I can put it down to is that we said we'd refuse to turn our backs on the Australian flag on Remembrance Day, which she wanted us to do," Mr Palmer told Triple M radio. She sort of went berserk on that really. Mr Palmer accused Senator Lambie of planning to join a rival party and pointed out she had "liked" the still unregistered Australian Veterans Defence Party on Facebook. The party said she had not been in contact.