Katter Orders Entire Press Gallery Into His Office To Tell Them That In The Case Of A Hung Parliament He’ll Be Lending His Support To Whichever Candidate Is Willing To Listen To The Concerns Of North Queenslanders, A Proud People Whether They’re Black, White Or Brindle. Coz You’ve Got The First Australians, My Brother-Cousins Known As The Kalkadoon Mob, Great Footballers And Even Better Stockmen, Then Of Course You’ve Got The Catholics – Mostly Irish But A Few Of West Mediterranean Origins, I Descend From Both Variations, But We Don’t Need To Go Into That So Just Drop It. Now We Also Shouldn’t Forget Mount Isa’s Historic Finnish Population, Ever Wondered Why Greg Norman Was So Damn Blonde – Well That’s Why. He’s Got A Bit Of That Clog Wog In Him. The Lutherans Still Have A Pretty Good Grip On The Plumbing And Sparkie Racket In The Copper And Zinc Mines, I Believe. Moving Further East And We’ve Got The Sikhs On The Cassowary Coast, Their Votes Are As Reliable As Their Bananas And Mangoes, They Look After Me That Lot, In Fact, There’s Some Photos Out There Of Me Wearing A Turban At One Of Their Little Cook Ups. First Time I Had Lentils. Didn’t Mind Them Really Kinda Like Sultanas But A Bit Dryer. North Of There We’ve Got The Balkans, Most Of Them Don’t Vote Though, They Tell Me They’ve Given Up On Democracy, I Don’t Blame Em Really. South Of Innisfail We’ve Got The Maltese And The Macedonians, Funny Story Actually, You Know How Those Falcons Hate Being Confused For Italians, Well My Mate Two-Bob Trev Learnt That The Hard Way When We Were Playing Rugby League In The Foley Shield Against Some Of Them Cane Farmers Back In The Day, I Tell You What He Won’t Make That Mistake Again. Porcelain Dentures Weren’t That Easy To Get Your Hands On Back In The Recession Years, So From That Day On We Began Calling Him Trevor Two-Teeth

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As the polls continue to tighten in the final days of the 2022 Federal Election Campaign, Australians are once again preparing up to three weeks of Bob Katter being the most powerful man in the country.

In the case of a hung parliament, it comes down to crossbenchers like the Member for Kennedy to decide which of the two major parties they will support.

These are the moments that Bob Katter lives and breathes for, in the 2010 Federal Election result all came down to the Independent MPs, Bob Katter, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – who were all former members of the National Party. However, all three said they would be open to negotiating with either side to form government. They said they would engage in discussion as a bloc but vote individually. After more than twenty days Katter declared his support for the Coalition on confidence and supply. Later that day, Windsor and Oakeshott declared their support for Labor on confidence and supply, giving Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard just enough support to form government.

However, despite being on the wrong side of the election, Katter’s loyalty was rewarded greatly by the eventual Abbott government – who gave the Kennedy Electorate everything he ever asked for, from dams to railroads to new highways.

With far more crossbenchers expected in the lower house next week, the teal independents are refusing to reveal who they will choose to form government, with most people just assuming they’ll go with the Liberals on the proviso that Scott Morrison is removed as leader.

However, if the polls are to be believed, this might not be enough for the Coalition – meaning that the entire political system comes down to one man.

The honorable Robert Katter III, a man with a lot of favours to ask.

With the current Liberal Party now a completely different beast to the Abbott Government, Bob is now in a position where he can start banking up favours all over again.

On top of that, Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has been working on securing the Katter family’s support for over three decades with constant trips out to North-West Queensland to spend time with people of Kennedy and Bob.

Although, as Bob makes it clear, these kinds of personal niceties mean nothing during a hung parliament.

Today the Maverick North-West Queensland MP has invited the entire Canberra press gallery into his office to discuss his options.

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