The billionaire with TITANIC ambitions: Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer opened a dinosaur theme park, ran a football club that was expelled from Australia's A-League and had stint as an MP...an

As a mining magnate with plenty of money, Clive Palmer is by no means alone in his obsession with the Titanic. In 2008 Palmer revived Queensland football club Gold Coast United and soon afterwards sparked controversy when he capped attendances in an alleged bid to save money. Gold Coast United were expelled from the A-league - the top tier of Australian football - in 2012 when Palmer refused to back down after putting the words 'freedom of speech' on the players' shirts. In 2011, he bought the prestigious Coolum Hyatt Resort in eastern Australia and then opened a theme park there filled with animatronic dinosaurs It was a sight to behold when the Australian PGA golf tournament was held at the venue and pros had to compete as an enormous T-rex loomed behind them He became an MP at the 2013 Australian federal election. In 2008 Palmer revived Queensland football club Gold Coast United and soon afterwards sparked controversy when he capped attendances in an alleged bid to save money Gold Coast United were expelled from the A-league - the top tier of Australian football - in 2012 when Palmer refused to back down after putting the words 'freedom of speech' on the players' shirts Palmer also owns a series of mining firms.