Politics
On 1 July 2011 Bob Irwin announced he was considering challenging Labor incumbent Kate Jones and Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman for the seat of Ashgrove in Brisbane.
On 5 September 2011 it was reported in the mainstream media that Bob had become disenchanted with politics and felt he could best carry on his passion for animal conservation and fight against the coal seam gas industry from outside of the political arena.
According to reports in the press he doesn’t like Bob Katter or his support for indigenous hunting rights like hunting dugongs and turtles. He originally left the party because he couldn’t in good conscience work with the Minister for Kennedy Bob Katter . If the Queensland Party can pull together 500 members by Friday 23 September 2011 and remain registered then he has stated that he might come back and stand as a candidate for Ashgrove after all.
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