level 1 - AuthRight. And next day Katter exploded again on Sky News when Tom Connell wrapped up a heated interview with an even more pointed question about Bob’s Assyrian ancestor: TOM CONNELL: … born in Lebanon, would he be allowed in under Anning’s Australia? Time for a cull. One of the most loved rugby league stars of all time is Hazem El Masri. BOB KATTER: No, he’s not, he’s an Australian and I resent strongly you describing him as Lebanese. He won the federal seat of Kennedy in 1966 and represented it until 1990 and at times held the post of Minister for the Army. Katter was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a Maronite Catholic Lebanese father and an Australian mother. Share. Independent MP Bob Katter, the grandson of a Lebanese migrant, has urged the Coalition government to impose a ban on Muslim immigration from the Middle East and North Africa. Queensland’s Bob Katter was questioned about his continued support for a “final solution” to immigration. He began legal studies at the University of Queensland and resided at St Leo's College (when the college was at Wickham Terrace). You have ranked up to Sapling! Bob Katter has called a journalist's comments and questions racist after she asked him whether his grandfather was Lebanese. BOB KATTER: No, no, no. Bob was educated at Mount Carmel College, Charters … Cecil is vegan, only eats Greens, loves long walks on…” His ability to recite Kev Carmody songs and keep track of the extremely complex family trees of his Aboriginal constituents makes him very popular with the Blackfellas. It was solid gold …. It is everything that this country should be doing. His paternal grandparents went to Cloncurry in a stage coach around 1900. But was it unfair of the media to ask the question and draw the parallel? It was generally accepted then that there was an aboriginal woman who was Bob senior's grandmother or great grandmother. The KAP are NQ's biggest pests. Katter's paternal grandfather, Carl Katter, was a Lebanese immigrant; his other grandparents were old-stock Australians. I never met him but I did meet his father, Bob Katter Senior in Cloncurry in 1969. Reply. Hey Tom …, TOM CONNELL: But this is just a reflection that you’re the leader of the party Bob Katter and a policy you’re advocating might mean …. Maverick MP Bob Katter has blasted any suggestion he could be a dual Lebanese citizen by descent, declaring no one in the federal parliament was more Australian than him. Anning also made it clear he wanted to go back to a predominately European immigration policy, and warned: FRASER ANNING: Ethno-cultural diversity – which is known to undermine social cohesion – has been allowed to rise to dangerous levels in many suburbs. Hello, I’m Paul Barry, welcome to Media Watch. He has been described as a cousin of the Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran. 2. In the aftermath of the 2010 federal election, Katter offered a range of views on the way forward for a minority government […] Katter was born in Cloncurry, Queensland. Could this be because he might be of Afghan lineage – as he often claimed while a boarder at Mt Carmel College, Charters Towers, in the 1960s? Bob Katter is of Lebanese descent and he and his family are now accepted as Australian. Bob Katter has slammed a journalist who suggested his grandfather was Lebanese - describing it as a 'racist comment'. Up the fuckin Queenslanders! BOB KATTER: You know, I think that asking people about where their forebears come from or commenting upon it is the height of bad manners. He has been described as a cousin of the Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran. So, we reckon the media were absolutely right to point out to Anning’s party leader what this immigration policy could have meant to the Katter family. 90 likes. That is a racist comment and you should take it back, and you should be ashamed of yourself for saying it in public. (29) In his maiden speech to the House of Representatives in 1993, the Honourable Robert Katter Jnr, MHR, the Member for Kennedy and grandson of Lebanese immigrant, Carl Katter who settled in Cloncurry, said this of his father, the Honourable Bob Katter Snr, MHR: ‘…you could not take north-west Queensland out of Bob Katter, but you could also not take Bob Katter out of north-west Queensland, … Share. However, what many don’t know is that with Lebanese and Aboriginal ancestry, Bob Katter has for many years been a big supporter of multi-cultural Australia – often identifying as a “Murri” himself. Such as “Chinese carpetbaggers”, “non-English speaking immigrants” and “black African Muslim gangs”. 1. I don’t care where he was born. Report Save. And that was Bob Katter telling the media that Fraser Anning’s final solution speech was solid gold and he supported it 1000 per cent. His great grandfather (paternal), a Lebanese migrant, owned clothing stores throughout north Queensland. ANDREW BOLT: … no, he was born in Lebanon. Reply. His grandson, Bob Katter, is at present the Member for Kennedy in the Australian parliament. BOB Katter has suggested a journalist be beaten for asking whether his Lebanese grandfather would have been blocked from coming to Australia under Fraser Anning’s immigration policy. And I am very, very angry …. He became known as Robert Cummin Katter. His father, Bob Katter Sr., was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1990, representing the National Party (originally named the Country Party). Maverick MP Bob Katter has blasted any suggestion he could be a dual Lebanese citizen by descent, declaring no one in the federal parliament was more Australian than him. But when a reporter suggested Katter might not be an Australian if Anning’s immigration rules had greeted Bob’s grandfather Carl 120 years ago, the man in the hat went ballistic: JOURNALIST: Given your grandfather’s Lebanese, how do you feel about …. Maverick MP Bob Katter has previously blasted any suggestion he could be a dual Lebanese citizen by descent, declaring no one in the federal parliament was more Australian than him. BOB KATTER: No, he’s not, he’s an Australian and I resent strongly you describing him as Lebanese. [1] ... Robbie Katter, grandson of Bob Katter Sr and son of Bob Katter Jr, became the first member of Katter's Australian Party elected to the Queensland State Parliament. Mr Katter defended his party's senator Fraser Anning's maiden speech in … Contact Us, Katter biographical information (Parliamentary Library, Canberra). And even Andrew Bolt – who fears Australia is being colonised by a tidal wave of immigrants – thought it was a point worth raising: ANDREW BOLT: … your grandfather Carl Ross Katter was born in the Kadisha Valley in Lebanon. "Death of Hon R.C. Picture: Anna Rogers Source:News Corp Australia. Bob Katter walks out on hysterical Josh Frydenberg. BOB KATTER: I just, I just told you that he was an Australian. That is a racist comment and you should take it back, and you should be ashamed of yourself for saying it in public. Bob Katter labels journalists ‘racist’ for asking about his Lebanese grandfather, BOB KATTER: Absolutely 1000 per cent. The family later moved to Cloncurry to run a general store. His paternal grandfather, a Lebanese migrant, owned clothing stores throughout north Queensland. He was raised and educated "probably by the nuns" in Cloncurry and later at Mount Carmel College in Charters Towers. Their Based Count is now 5. Robert Cummin (Bob) Katter (1918-1990), businessman and politician, was born on 5 September 1918 in South Brisbane, the fourth child of Carl Robert Katter, a Lebanese draper, and his locally born wife Vivian Bridget, née Warby. - Sky News, 15 August, 2018 Queensland's Bob Katter was also questioned about his continued support for a "solution" to immigration. Based Bob and Katter pilled. level 2 - AuthCenter. Queensland parliamentarian Bob Katter has Lebanese roots. Katter was born in Cloncurry, Queensland, the son of Robert Cummin Katter, the member for Kennedy from 1966 to 1990, and his wife, Mabel.His paternal grandparents went to Cloncurry in a stage coach around 1900.