Townsville Bulletin

Katter’s bananas move

- CAITLAN CHARLES

BOB Katter has officially gone bananas, with a new and cheeky advertisin­g campaign that pokes fun at the major parties.

The ads, which will be released on TV and social media on Wednesday, compare the Kennedy MP with Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese with a few stand-ins recreating – sort of – iconic moments from the election campaign.

In one shot, Mr Katter rips a ukulele out of the Prime Minister’s hands and puts a contract to build the Bradfield Scheme in front of him.

The same ad also compares Mr Katter with Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese, juxtaposin­g the Women’s Weekly photo shoot with the Kennedy MP carrying bananas on a farm near Innisfail.

It ends with Mr Katter shaping up in the boxing ring, taking off his gloves, ready to take on the major parties at the May 21 election.

In a second ad, the Katter’s Australian Party MP highlights his policy that the country was not for sale. A number of residents from the Kennedy electorate appear in the video, holding up signs that say “not for”, followed by images of banana farms, cattle properties, mines, railways and beaches.

The ad ends with Mr Katter planting an Australian flag in the ground.

The party says it would prioritise Australian farmers over imported products, push for Australian-made ethanol fuel, promote freedom of choice for Covid vaccines, and strongly oppose the selling off of government assets. Mr Katter said while the ads were on the lighter side, Australian­s were enraged by government­s that sold off assets to the highest bidder.

“Of all the things that set me off into a rage and fury, ultimately it is the sale of Australia,” Mr Katter said.

“The biggest mining companies were Australian owned, now they are foreign owned. The biggest owners of farmland in Australia are foreigners.

“What is wrong with us as a people? We should rise up in rage against the Liberal National Party and the Labor Party.

“It is not your asset to sell off. It was the people’s asset. There should have at least been a vote as to whether you sold off assets like the Commonweal­th Bank, Qantas or Telstra.”

 ?? ?? Bob Katter rips a ukulele out of the hands of ‘Scott Morrison’ while wearing a karate uniform.
Bob Katter rips a ukulele out of the hands of ‘Scott Morrison’ while wearing a karate uniform.

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