If he is, what does that say about the Queenslanders that voted for him!
Nuf said really.

westozwind said...

If he is, what does that say about the Queenslanders that voted for him!
Nuf said really.

He was voted into the House of Reps, not the senate so therefore it was the voters in the electoral district of Kennedy that voted for him not the general population of Queensland.

They must like him up there because I think he has been representing them for over 30 years now. He was formerly a National Party member.

Whether one agrees with his ideas or not he does have the courage of his convictions and is not afraid to speak his mind, which is more than can be said of many other elected members who just follow what their party bosses tell them.

In a debate over national issues he would probably have most of us here for breakfast.

If nothing else, Bob Katter has stood by what he holds true and has now been elected to parliament. He got in with a massive majority so it must say something about what those in his electorate think of him. Remember Wilson Tuckey kept getting elected to the seat of O'Connor, despite his frequent brain fades - gone now though.

It will be pretty interesting if there is a Government formed in the lower house by a conservative coalition (led by the mad monk) and how they deal with a senate controlled by the Greens.

The independents and whoever they form govt with are going to have their work cut out for them.

Maybe a truer form of democracy is about to be delivered, where the wishes of the electorate are being considered more frequently than just on election day.

Katter isn't a complete nutjob. Are the state boundaries set in stone? If people outside of the big capital cities feel as though they are neglected as all the state's resources go into the capital city, then isn't it fair enough to question what end of the stick they are holding? In NSW at least there has been one push to set up a new state that doesn't include NSW (Newcastle Sydney Wollongong)

I haven't been to the Kimberley but I've been to Perth, the NT and FNQ. I'd hazard a guess and say the issues facing people in the Kimberley are probably not much different to the issues facing people in the NT and FNQ.

from memory i think katter was part of the peterson government? could be wrong.

anyways. as much as i wasn't a fan of joe's police state and even may have protested a few times, his government is fully responsible for moving qld forward and both sides of politics paid tribute to his vision.

his government stepped on a lot of toes and broke a lot of rules but they had a vision and they delivered it. no matter what. the infrustructure lasted qld for years.

as far as the redneck tag. that really shows a lack of understanding of what country qld is about.

deXtrous said...

Katter is a freemason and a reptillian,

I am in the Freemason building, Adelaide, right now.

Should I check if I am reptilian?