‘Everyone tells me I’m crazy, and I actually am’: Katter

Since 1974 he has dominated the political scene, representing rural Queensland, described as Australia’s most rambunctious politician – Bob Katter sat down with Sky News host Chris Smith. Mr Katter told Sky News he recently passed the baton onto his own son so that he can be “freed up to get at the throat of my adversaries”. “The problem is, everyone tells me I’m crazy, and I am actually am,” he said. When asked about his relationship with Anthony Albanese, Mr Katter said he had “great respect for Anthony… he spent a lot of time in the last election doing nothing else but bashing the Greens, which he enjoys immensely,” he said. However, Mr Katter said “after the Otis meeting, he’s going to be singing a different tune”. “Anthony has a passion for people and he also has a very good handle on development. It amazes me how good he is,” he said, however “the lily pad lefties and the Liberals most certainly had their man in Turnbull”. When asked about political figures he admired, Mr Katter said “between Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Sir Leo Hielscher, “they gave Australia the coal industry… and there would be no Australia if we didn’t have coal”. Image: News Corp Australia