CANBERRA: Steps are being taken within the Australian Parliament to strip veteran MP Bob Katter Junior of his informal title “Father of the House” bestowed on him for being the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives.

A parliamentary source said the move followed yesterday’s incident in Brisbane in which Mr Katter threatened to punch a TV reporter at a news conference for alluding to the Katter family’s Lebanese heritage.

“While a random sampling of his previous public appearances gives no indication of similar behaviour (main picture), it’s still important that some action is taken against Bob to send a signal that his action in threatening physical violence is not acceptable, especially for a member of parliament,” the source said.

“Bob has been a Queensland federal MP since 1993 and became Father of the House in 2022. But there are steps being taken right now to strip him of that title.

“While it’s important that Bob pays a price for his unacceptable behaviour there is also a consensus that his lengthy service should still be recognised. So while he’ll lose one title he’ll gain a new one we’ve worked up.  

“We think the replacement honorific – Crazy Loudmouth Redneck Uncle of the House Nobody Wants to Sit Next To At Family Gatherings – should be acceptable to other members who’ve known and worked with Bob,” the source said.

The source stressed that no action was being contemplated to remove the special brass plaque installed in Parliament House in 2022 to list all of Mr Katter’s major achievements as an MP since 1993. (below)

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TEL AVIV: A furious Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered an inquiry into revelations that this week’s so-called “double-tap” strike that killed 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews, and five journalists was in fact a “triple tap”.

US news organisation CNN has reported that an analysis of video footage taken at the Gaza hospital hit by Israeli Defence Force projectiles reveals a first strike followed by two successive strikes once first responders and media representatives were on site (below)

Mr Netanyahu said he was angry and wanted to know the facts of the matter as soon as possible.

“I’m launching an immediate inquiry into this appalling incident,” he said. “It’s intolerable that the IDF wastes a third missile on subhuman vermin… I mean people who were most likely dead already.

“That third projectile could have been used on wiping out other innocent people at another hospital – if there’s one left anywhere in Gaza – or maybe a school or refugee centre in one of our designated safe zones,” Mr Netanyahu said.

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WASHINGTON DC: US Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Junior, has proposed a breakthrough to solve the stand-off between the Trump administration and the top echelon of the nation’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Mr Kennedy (far right at left below) said he would seek urgent congressional confirmation of his own invasive brain worm (at right below) as the permanent CDC director.

Susan Monarez, appointed as CDC director just a month ago, has been fired by the White House and an interim director appointed.

“We need a new CDC director as soon as possible and I have the perfect candidate who meets all the criteria needed to serve in the Trump administration,” Mr Kennedy said.

“It’s slimy, lacks a backbone, and has no vision – in other words, perfect!”

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