ONE of the men holding the balance of power in Australia wants to redraw the map of Australia to boost development and fit more people in.
Independent MP Bob Katter believes the map should be redrawn to dramatically change the borders of the Northern Territory and Queensland, the NT News reports.
The NT would gain the Kimberley and Broome, but lose Borroloola and the McArthur River mine.
Mr Katter, who represents a north Queensland seat in Canberra, said the NT should be renamed the state of North-Western Australia.
He said it could:
BETTER exploit its natural resources;
BECOME a food bowl;
ACCOMMODATE an extra 100,000 people.
Mr Katter also wants Queensland split into two states - north and south - from a line heading west from near Rockhampton.
He said Australia should be reconfigured to "develop and occupy" its land mass.
"I don't know of anywhere else in the world where people are governed by a government thousands of kilometres away," he said.
Former WA Labor Attorney-General Jim McGinty scoffed at the idea.
"Bob Katter is as silly as a cut snake,” he said.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/bob-katter-says-australias-nt-qld-borders-should-be-redrawn/story-fn5ko0pw-1225910420574
