Veteran Australian lawmaker Bob Katter threatened a television journalist at a news conference in Brisbane about immigration on August 28, shaking his fist and saying he had previously punched people for mentioning his Lebanese heritage. The 80-year-old is Australia’s longest serving federal lawmaker, and has long been known for his eccentric views. In 2017, he went viral after abruptly saying he did not have time to discuss gay marriage as “every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north Queensland”. n18oc_world n18oc_crux