Bob Katter Explodes Again After Channel 9 Offers To Extend An Olive Branch

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT

Senior staff at Queensland’s Channel Nine bureau are once again ducking for cover today, after a poorly worded exchange with Bob Katter MP.

After eventually calming down from yesterday’s upset, the Member For Kennedy has misinterpreted an apology from the news network, and once again assumed that they were trying to racially profile him.

These recent hostilities between Mr Katter and the Nine Network kicked off yesterday afternoon, when a reporter grilled the MP about his family’s immigrant history.

Katter, who spent the first half of his political career having to prove he was Australian, appears to be now frustrated and angry over the media class demanding that he announce himself to be anything other than that.

This tone deaf line of inquiry culminated yesterday in the North Queensland politician threatening to punch a journalist who delving into business that simply wasn’t his to delve into.

Labor, Liberal and Nationals MPs have all criticised Mr Katter’s behaviour, but the vast majority of them accept that there’s not a chance in frozen hell that the 80-year-old firebrand will apologise.

Instead, it is now on Channel Nine to squash the beef – as the worst case scenario for a new network would be to have their field reporters banned from attending anymore of Bob Katter’s colourful press conferences that result in an endless supply of viral moments.

Unfortunately, the news station has only antagonised Mr Katter further by ‘offering to extend an olive branch’.

“WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?!” roared Katter, as he exploded again.

“I HAVE ALREADY BEEN OVER THIS! YOU PEOPLE ARE OBSESSED!”

The network executives began panicking in their efforts to calm down Mr Katter, and only made things worse by urging him to not ‘kick over the apple’ cart.

“WE DON’T GROW APPLES IN MOUNT ISA!!!” he roared.

“OR ANY BLOODY CUCUMBERS FOR THAT MATTER!”

“THERE’S NO CARTS OR GOATS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DRIVE TRUCKS AND FOURBYS AND THE ONLY THING US NORTH QUEENSLANDERS HARVEST FROM THE GROUND IS NICKLE AND IRON ORE!”

“NOW APOLOGISE FOR YOUR BLATANT RACISM!”