• 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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Statements by Members: Live Animal Exports (3 Jul 2024)

“Australia, really, has only three exports: iron ore, coal and gas. They account for nearly $400,000 million of our $500,000 million. But on the next line are aluminium, beef and gold. If this parliament fools around with the live cattle trade and cuts off the source of food to Indonesia—our biggest neighbour, with 260 million people—and if a tiny bunch of Europeans living in Asia...”

Questions without Notice: Infrastructure (2 Jul 2024)

“To the minister for northern development: Minister, are you aware that 'Red Ted' Theodore's home, the Chillagoe mineral province, was the birth place of a labour movement? Liberals chanted, 'Red Ted better dead.' With the advent of industrial-scale mining, Chillagoe, without port access, was choked into oblivion. West of Cairns are six of Australia's eight biggest rivers. Doesn't this...”

Bills: Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024, Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax) Bill 2024; Second Reading (26 Jun 2024)

“I referred to my home town of Charters Towers, and we could not afford to build our humble little Logan unit. My wife cut our land in half, got a surveyor and went and applied to get a subdivision approved by the mines department. The town of Charters Towers was under the Mining Act; it was a mining town. The clerk to the mining warden's court made the decision about whether you got a...”

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• Has spoken in 57 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") 659 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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