The families of former prime ministers Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies have slammed Clive Palmer for claiming the pair as being former leaders of his political party, the United Australia Party.
The original UAP was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945, and Palmer has claimed the two men as alumni of his party after renaming the Palmer United Party as the United Australia Party in 2018.
Professor Wendy Lacey, Joseph Lyons’ great-granddaughter and Dean of Law at the University of South Australia, says she hopes Australians understand there is no connection between the UAP of old and the Palmer-led party.