Media Release

14/08/2017: KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter today responded to the citizenship saga currently bludgeoning its way through the Parliament, insisting that Barnaby Joyce’s situation, while satirical, brought to light a bigger issue with Members of Parliament and Senators failing to focus on the big picture.

“Barnaby consigned Johnny Depp’s best mate to the dog house over bringing him into Australia illegally. Kick a dog enough when he’s down, he’ll come back and bite you Barnaby Joyce.

“To quote no less than Anthony Albanese, as the then leader of opposition business during the 43rd hung Parliament, “we’ve never lost a vote because we had to convince Members of Parliament that what we were doing was the right thing to do”.

“Albanese’s comment should ring true in this country”.

“It has never appealed to me to win a battle on technicalities nor on pedantics. But it does provide a golden opportunity for the people voice to shine through instead of partisan.

“The Xenophon Party and KAP see eye-to-eye on almost everything. If the Liberals act like a bunch of dingoes – Rebekah Sharkie and I will have potentially enormous power – unless they face up to their responsibilities and convince the public on the rightness of decisions; instead of the mindless brutality of their numbers.”

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