Bob Katter, the long-serving MP for the northern Queensland seat of Kennedy, has refused to swear allegiance to King Charles, his heirs and successors during the opening of parliament.
When asked if he would swear allegiance, Katter responded: “No, I swear allegiance to the Australian people.”
The small protest did not disrupt proceedings, as it did when Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe gave the oath in 2022.
Members are asked to swear faith and allegiance to King Charles III. They are expected to respond “I do”.
Why was it so much of an issue for Lidia Thorpe? Hmmmm
Racism. The answer is racism.
Whoa, don’t jump to conclusions, it could just be good old fashioned sexism, hard to tell sometimes
Oh it was defo both if not more.
Touché
Misogynoir
Hmm 🤔
Complete mystery, I guess we’ll never know.
iirc she was acting like a massive twat during the whole thing, then she twated about with the King
https://youtu.be/18DCUS_ZNi4?t=28
and then she said proudly that she said the oath wrong (she swore an oath to the queens hairs not heirs or something) and then it became an issue
and this was after she had thrown herself down in front of the police at a pride festival and had gotten into a fight outside a pub
all in all, she was an attention seeking twat and got what she wanted…and then iirc in the end nothing happened same as katter
Good thing katter has a clean slate and definitely never did anything crazy or attention seeking.
I think you’re forgetting how uniquely annoying she was being at the time, she quit the greens because she was voting no for the voice and relationship with biker gang ex-leader, never ending drama
Oh, did she also try to weaken gun laws so her son-in-law could import automatic shotguns? How about suggesting that we conscript 13 year old and give them all guns? Maybe run a campaign ad that depicted her shooting rival politicians dead? I’m not a fan of Lidia Thorpe, but I think you’re missing the point that the media routinely portrays Katters “antics” as that kooky old guy, but actively demonises Thorpe. They’re both bloody annoying and crazy, there’s just a narrative being pushed.
he’s been in parliament for like 50 years, she’d been in for like 1
if he acted like she did he also would have been blasted, same as bananaby joyce when he was the class nutter for a bit, same as pauline hanson when she was the class nutter for a while
you can posit some conspiracy theory or from my experience crazy politicians who do a lot of crazy things in a short time period will draw attention (just like how we’re talking about katter now)
Do you hear yourself?
I guess not.
what’s up?
Not much. It’s a bit cold.
🥶 same! saw we were getting fog at the airport last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTO8n0Y6wgk&t=15027s
What a legend.
Oh no a First Nations woman is protesting incorrectly. Call the protest police before somebody gets upset. Oh, oops too late.
You know you come off sounding like a misogynist twat when you use the language of misogynist twats right?
Could be worse, could come off sounding like Lidia Thorpe by thinking everything is racism and/or sexism.
I don’t mind knowing lots of shit is racist and sexist instead of hating on a First Nations woman all the time.
Its the reason why he disapproves of Charles being king.
Conservatives have an incredibly stupid reason for their disapproval of Charles - it because they don’t want Camilla, a divorced woman, to be queen.
Side note, these same idiots conveniently ignore the fact that Charles is also divorced.