8 July 2026: North Queensland Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has demanded the Federal
Agriculture Minister make public the “deeply concerning” findings of Government investigations
into imported peanuts for Australian farmers “who every right to know whether their industry has
been exposed to a biosecurity threat”.
After meeting with the Federal Minister in Canberra last week, Mr Katter has formally requested in
writing the Department of Agriculture’s full transparency on the results of investigations, alongside
an immediate halt to peanut imports where Australia’s biosecurity cannot be guaranteed.
“Australia has strict biosecurity rules for a reason. They exist to stop dangerous pests and diseases
getting into this country before they destroy Australian agriculture,” said Mr Katter.
“However, having been advised by the Minister last week of intensive investigations into imported
peanuts – including the germination testing of particular significance – my office has now received
evidence confirming germination of the samples collected for laboratory testing… which raises very
serious questions because if peanuts can germinate, they are raw.”
Mr Katter said the results indicating germination in all peanut varieties tested had raised fears
imported peanuts are not undergoing necessary processing to eliminate raw biosecurity threats.
The Australian peanut industry is rightly worried about diseases that simply do not exist here –
such as the devastating peanut smut in overseas crops which, once established, slashes yields by up
to 75 per cent. Once these diseases are in Australian soil, there’s no magic wand to get rid of them.”
Mr Katter said reports the imported raw peanuts were being offered for sale nationwide reflected
the extent of the potential national biosecurity risk “that we’ve seen again and again and again…
We warned governments not to allow imported prawns because white spot disease would get in.
We were ignored, and white spot came in. We warned about citrus canker. We warned about black
sigatoka.
We warned about papaya fruit fly. We warned about Panama disease.
“If you believe governments have the best interest of Australian farmers at heart, then you believe
in the tooth fairy – while they continue to gamble with Australia’s biosecurity and food security to
look after their precious ‘free’ trade agreements.”
Mr Katter said where there was genuine uncertainty about whether imported peanuts complied
with Australia’s biosecurity requirements, “they should not be coming into this country until that
uncertainty is resolved. You don’t wait until the disease arrives, before you lock the gate.”
Given enough time the shit-for-brains ALP will ruin everything. Already I can’t be bothered working more than I have to because they are trying to steal everything and degrade the country. I used to work much harder in the recent past but since the UnaParty Covid attack on citizenry I simply can’t be bothered. This is what communism does, it’s one fup after another, it all goes rotten from the inside.
Biosecurity measures are taken against people returning from overseas destinations to ensure they are not bringing in forbidden fruits, seafood, NUTS etc to protect Australian growers… if undeclared we are FINED a mountain of $$$s.!! Where are the same harsh restrictive measures taken against importers of these contaminated products.??? The government is blatantly flicking mud in the face of the Aussie farmers & general public whilst garnering accolades & favour in the eyes of foreigners.
The article quotes Bob Katter – “… If you believe governments have the best interest of Australian farmers at heart, then you believe
in the tooth fairy…”
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Indeed, because they don’t work for us and they don’t answer to us, their priorities are set by their foreign owners and Masters, not US.
And the article further quotes – “…You don’t wait until the disease arrives, before you lock the gate…”
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Yeah you do. Have you learned nothing? Worried about Peanut Smut? Save yourself the worry, because it’s already here, GUARANTEED. Just accept it, like every other truckload of Treasonous BS being shoveled into our faces, because when there’s absolutely positively indisputably irrefutably NO ACCOUNTABILITY for ANYTHING, not now, not then, not EVER, why should the sold-out paid-off GANGSTERS give a flying turd?
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They don’t work for us and they don’t answer to us, they really don’t give a rat’s arse because THEY’RE made men, they’re UNTOUCHABLE and THEIR lives of unfettered wealth and security and freedom are already GUARANTEED by their OWNERS, which isn’t us just BTW.
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In any REAL country like Russia or China or Vietnam, those mongrel arsehole bastards would literally HANG for this shit, but here in Australia, all our pollies and unelected beauracrats get big fat eye-watering nose-bleeding PAY RISES and taxpayer-funded investment properties and beach-front holiday homes and cushy diplomatic posts and appointments at the United Nations INSTEAD.
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Plus guaranteed lifetime OBSCENE taxpayer-funded PENSIONS on top of all the lucrative perks & benefits and accumulated kickbacks from decades of professional GRIFTING.
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See how it works, Bob? So stop complaining, you’ve been IN THE GAME long enough to know all of this.
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Meanwhile, STILL not one single pollie anywhere in the Australian SWAMP is game to touch that list of 28 high profile PAEDOPHILES with a 40-foot pole, let alone even admit that it EXISTS. Pigs will fly before THAT ever happens.
What I am concerned about is the volume of imports that could see a glut on the local market forcing down growers prices.
I remember a few years ago concentrated orange juice in 200 litre drums being imported from South America while the orange groves of Mildura were being bulldozed .
Australia should only import what we do not produce and we should not export to countries who produce the same as we export to them to protect their domestic market.
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