Gold Coast boss sets up pressure group

The mining magnate, whose club's A-League license was stripped by the FFA on Wednesday, said he had registered a body named "Football Australia" to act as an independent watchdog on the association's governance.

"Football Australia will look at things like the corporate governance, the rights of fans, the rights of players, payments to clubs, payment to FFA, royalties, issues of that nature," Palmer said in a rambling media conference in Brisbane.

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