Bob Katter, the independent MP for Kennedy, called a press conference outside Queensland state parliament in Brisbane on Thursday morning where he threw his support behind anti-immigration March for Australia protests planned on the weekend.
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Holding an Australian flag, Katter demanded the names of attendees at recent pro-Palestine protests, and said they should be deported. ‘If you have anti-Australian sentiments, then get the hell out of my country, because we are taking the names down now of anyone who treats our flag badly. The gloves are coming right off now,’ Katter said. ‘You’ve got Lebanese heritage yourself,’ Channel 9 Queensland reporter Josh Bavas said, before Katter cut him off. ‘I punch blokes in the mouth for saying that, don’t you dare say that,’ Katter said. ‘My family have been in this country for 140 years’
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