Bob Katter
Australian politician
Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the National Party until 2001, when he left to sit as an independent. He formed his own party, Katter's Australian Party, in 2011.
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- I mean—you know—people are entitled to their sexual proclivities, you know, I mean let there be a thousand blossoms bloom as far as I'm concerned, you know—but I ain't spending any time on it because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland.
- Media Briefing (Wednesday, 29 November 2017)
- Treasurer, cannot the Clean Energy Finance Corporation—a development bank ready-to-go—fund industry and infrastructure, Australia builds its way out of the COVID depression—manufacturing, industry, agriculture. North Queensland shovel-ready and COVID-free. Hells Gates, Galilee rail line, CopperString electrification. Not absorb-money but make-money projects, to show you and I are trendy—back in black highway to hell. Um, Treasurer, cough, cough up, the money, make money, make money.
- Question to the Treasurer in the House (Wednesday, 13 May 2020)
- No, I'm not interested, don't lead me into your rubbish, don't you keep taking us on your flights of fancy. Your city lily pad lefty map mindset.
- Media Briefing (Thursday, 13 February 2020)
- The person that prevents us from shooting those crocodiles shall be dragged into a courtroom and held to account for the deaths of North Queenslanders.
- Media Statement (Thursday, 13 February 2020)
- Maybe I know nothing about politics, but if this is getting you votes, I am a Martian astronaut!
- Excerpt from speech in the House of Representatives (Wednesday, 21 October 2015)
External links edit
- Official Website
- Official biography, aph.gov.au