Bob Katter, left, broadcaster Alan Jones and Greens Senator Larissa Waters, far right, lead an anti-mining rally at Jondaryan on the Darling Downs yesterday. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen Source: The Australian
THESE are strange times indeed when Bob Katter kisses a Greens senator.
But yesterday in 39C heat at Jondaryan on the Darling Downs, they were only a part of one of the oddest collections of political interests ever to share the back of a truck.
Alan Jones did his Sydney radio show yesterday morning then flew up to the area where he was born; Mr Katter and his Katter Australian Party were there in their big red bus, the Katmobile; Greens senator Larissa Waters was there; even the Socialist Alliance, albeit with signs in the crowd rather than on the stage.
The stickers on the backs of cars of people at the rally also reflected this diversity: alongside "Stop Coal-Seam Gas Mining" and "Keep Felton Green" was one featuring an Australian flag with the notation: "If you don't love it, LEAVE!".
The Australian
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