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Bob Katter MP
- Katter's Australian Party Representative for Kennedy
- Changed party from Independent on 27 Sep 2011
- Entered House of Representatives on 13 March 1993 — Federal election
- Email me whenever Bob Katter speaks (no more than once per day)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Bills: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)
“I have the privilege, I think, of being the only historian in the parliament—in the House or in the Senate. My published work was published by the Murdoch Press, the big boys on the block, so I can speak with some authority on the history of our country. I was brought up in a country where the wool industry had carried Australia for some 200 years. In 1990 it was still the biggest...”
- Questions without Notice: Queensland State Election (19 Nov 2024)
“Leader of the House, in the Queensland election the LNP averred, 'Do the crime, do the time,' a flagrant lie; the jails have been full and overflowing for three years, and that a vote for KAP is a vote for Labor—perish the thought! Another lie. Townsville's crime rate warranted KAP detouring from its trademark alternative for how to vote and actually preferencing the Liberals. Oh well,...”
- Questions without Notice: Queensland State Election (19 Nov 2024)
“Mr Speaker, can I say we're talking about lying in election campaigns. That was what the question was about. You people did it. You're on the record for doing it.”
Numbers
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- Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — average amongst Representatives.
- People have made 29 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
- This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 99 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks — email me whenever Bob Katter speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 665 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)