ROB Katter wants Billy Gordon’s vote to count in Queensland parliament because an alliance with the Independent Cook MP will benefit his own constituency, he said.
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The Katter’s Australian Party member sided with Labor on Tuesday night to block an attempt by the Opposition to change the parliament’s current voting rules that would force crossbench MPs to vote before government and opposition MPs.
The major parties would have been able to see how Mr Gordon voted and send one of their own out of the chamber if he supported them, effectively nullifying his vote.
Mr Katter told the ABC on Wednesday he didn’t want Mr Gordon’s vote nullified because they both represented areas in far north Queensland that faced similar challenges.
