Independent MP Bob Katter threatened a Nine journalist after being asked about his Lebanese heritage while promoting anti-immigration rallies, sparking criticism over hypocrisy.
00:00Oh Mike, don't say that because that irritates me and I punch blokes in the mouth for saying that.
00:06Independent MP Bob Catter has threatened a Nine News journalist during a fiery press conference promoting anti-immigration rallies planned across Australia.
00:16When Nine reporter Josh Bavis raised the point of Catter's Lebanese heritage, the outspoken MP cut him off,
00:23warning that he had, quote, punched blokes in the mouth over such comments and at one point shook his fist near the journalist's face.
00:31Bob, you've got Lebanese heritage yourself.
00:34Oh Mike, don't say that because that irritates me and I punch blokes in the mouth for saying that.
00:40Don't you dare say that. My family have been in this country for 140 years, right?
00:46So you, and if you say anything like that, I have on many occasions punched blokes in the mouth, right?
00:53So I'm restraining myself to die.
00:56Experts have noted Australia's net overseas migration fell by 10% in 2023-24 and further in the year ending December 2024,
01:06according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
