• 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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Private Members' Business: Banana Industry (27 Oct 2025)

“Madam Deputy Speaker Scrymgour, I take a point of order. I love my colleague, but his comments reflect upon me, and I wish to make a point of personal explanation. He said we're ineffective. Well, the fact that bananas are not here is completely—”

Private Members' Business: Banana Industry (27 Oct 2025)

“I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that: (a) the Australian banana industry: (i) is worth $1.3 billion to the Australian economy and is the dominant employer in northern Australia; and (ii) represents more than 540 growers and employs over 15,000 people; (b) Australia, being a continent which until the 1800s had no farming, remains free of many of the world's most devastating...”

Questions without Notice: Pest Management (8 Oct 2025)

“My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the grand final is over; Queensland won—sorry about that! The season is over. A thousand North Queensland Rugby League players are bored. And you know, PM, an idle mind is the devil's workshop. In some of the last jungles left on Earth, three million pigs are destroying our fauna and flora. Please give the boys back their rifles and...”

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• Has spoken in 28 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 683 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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