“That election [2001], Ted Mack and the member from Orange Peter Andren, got re-elected. First time ever.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Katter is wrong. His initial election as an independent in 2001, and re-election in 2004, was preceded by the re-election of two other independent MPs, whom he mentioned — one more than a decade earlier. In 1990, former local and NSW state politician Ted Mack was elected to the federal seat of North Sydney, and was re-elected in 1993 before retiring at the 1996 election. That year, another independent, Peter Andren, was elected to the regional NSW seat of Calare, which takes in the city of...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bob Katter (Independent MP) made this claim. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 26 October 2018. Its rating was “Wrong”.
This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.