Member for Fairfax Clive Palmer says he will door-knock electorate rather than 'sit in a box' in Parliament every day BILLIONAIRE MP Clive Palmer says he won't commit to turning up to Parliament every sitting day while claiming he is "full-time" politician who is "fully retired" from business. But the maverick Member for Fairfax has also indicated he won't be selling his business interests. The Palmer United Party leader revealed he would be abstaining on a vote on the debt ceiling because he believed the nation "shouldn't be in that position." I don't think that sort of amendment ... That sort of motion really addresses the problem so I'll be abstaining on that one," he told reporters outside Parliament House. We have to raise our debt ceiling because of the precarious position of the economy. He also said he would not be voting on the issue of the carbon tax. "I'm going to abstain from the carbon tax because we don't want to tell the Liberals what our position is until the Senate gets there," he said. When questioned on whether he would commit to parliament everyday, Mr Palmer said he would not and would rather door-knock those in his electorate. "I'm not going to commit to sit in a box and do nothing," he said. I'm not going to be experienced at talking to a big square room with empty people - I've got to support my electorate. I've got to listen to their needs and their hopes. He said Parliament had become a "diversion" from the needs of local electorates. It's a nice place, Canberra, but I wouldn't like to live here. When asked about his business interests, Mr Palmer said he had no plans to be involved with his companies anymore. "I'm full-time, fully retired from business, 100 per cent politician," he said. That's all I'm doing, nothing else. Mr Palmer again brushed aside concerns about potential conflicts of interest. "There is no conflict of interest for any Australian because under the Constitution you are just having people from different walks of life coming to the parliament and voting on various issues," he said. If you own a house or you are building a house, have you got a conflict of interest if they are discussing construction or something like that? The Parliament is not about making an executive decision, the parliament is about putting an idea up there for debate. While he said the state of the economy was the "real story" of the election, he bragged about his ability to draw media attention. "I only had to sneeze on the weekend and everyone said I wasn't coming to Parliament," he said. Mr Palmer also said his party planned to responsibly make use of the PUP's power in the Senate. "We hope to use that correctly," he said. additional reporting by Brittany Vonow