Maverick MP Bob Katter has made international news after firing up at a reporter who asked him about his Lebanese heritage.

But don’t let the media hide the substance of what Bob actually said before the confrontation.

Because they’ll use anything to stop Australians having a serious discussion about immigration.

Katter spoke about the recent marches for Palestine which openly included terrorist and anti-Australian rhetoric and symbols.

“We have a tradition of tolerance,” Katter said, but “these people are not tolerating us”.

He went on to articulate that Australia’s immigration policy should be in the interests of Australians and reflect Aussie values.

So when someone wants to move to Australia, Katter thinks we should ask the obvious questions:

Tick the boxes. Do they have democracy? Do they have rule of law? Do they have Christianity or some similar belief system? Do they have egalitarian traditions? Do they have industrial awards? Now if they don’t tick the boxes, they don’t come here.

If you have anti-Australian sentiments, get the hell out of my country!

The media aren’t showing that bit because they know most Aussies agree.

It’s pretty simple: our government has been quietly using immigration to prop up the economic stats while young Aussies are struggling to get housing and jobs.

When even the ABC’s Alan Kohler is ringing the bell on this problem, you know people are starting to notice.

Earlier this week Kohler wrote, discussing the growing migration numbers:

That means at least 800,000 more people came to live in Australia over the past four years than Treasury anticipated. That's more than three extra Hobarts.

So, there are that many more cars on the road than expected, that many more people looking for health care, and hundreds of thousands more kids in schools than expected.

Kohler calculates a housing shortfall of about 150,000 homes. And goes on to point out that 

... the fact remains that when the pandemic ended, the Australian government had no idea that net migration would total 1.6 million over the next four years and apparently had no way of controlling it.

This is the reality Katter is talking about. This is the worry many Australians share.

Don’t let a feisty press conference get in the way of those facts.

The government needs to address immigration. There’s no avoiding it. And there’s nothing wrong with demanding that our migration program reflects our values and preserves our way of life.

Bob Katter went on facebook later in the day and doubled down:

I am a proud Australian. It shouldn't matter when you got here, how you got here, or how long you've been here... If you live by our laws, our values, and fight for our way of life, you are an AUSTRALIAN.

That sounds about right to us.

^{Image source: The Courier Mail. Bob Katter confronts Channel 9 reporter Josh Bavas in racism row. Picture: Dan Peled/NewsWire}