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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
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Questions without Notice: World Blood Cancer Day (27 May 2026)
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“Health Minister, the Life-saving List campaigners have taken Australia's bone marrow donor registry from 168,000 to nearly 190,000. Three years ago, you said Australia had not moved fast enough to help blood cancer patients find donors and promised action to grow the registry. In these three years, Australia has lost 18,000 lives, 20 people a day. For many, including my nephew Liam, it is too...”
- Grievance Debate: Animal Welfare (26 May 2026)
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“We've had yet another tragedy—a shark taking a human being. I've said in this House before and I'm going to say again that there was a very nice, very popular young doctor with his wife and his two kids having a good time as tourists in North Queensland and the doctor's wife and his two children watched in horror as a crocodile chewed him in half. Every single person in this place who...”
- Matters of Public Importance: Regional Australia (14 May 2026)
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“I spent 20 years of my life in a government that believed it was our duty to make work for our people, to grow the economic cake. So, every year, we built a giant irrigation scheme; every year we opened a giant mine of some description; and we had to provide towns, and all that infrastructure, and railway lines, to make those things happen. But here, we argue that this group of people should...”
Numbers
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- Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 700 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)