Queensland Labor will take a hit at the state election over its support for the coal seam gas (CSG) industry, federal independent MP Bob Katter says.
Mr Katter, whose fledgling political party is contesting the poll, visited an anti-CSG blockade on a farm near Beaudesert, south of Brisbane, on Tuesday.
Police have arrested and charged 13 people since the protest camp was set up on a farm at Kerry on January 12.
"There is a terrific community build-up on coal seam gas, and if that reflects itself at the polls in the state election, which I think it will, then it'll be a wake-up call for the whole of the rest of Australia," Mr Katter told reporters.
He said CSG companies had no interest whatsoever in the people of Australia.
"Just remember this - fossil fuel will run out, and we don't own it. So if you want some of it, too bad, you can't get it.
"What are we going to do, pick a fight with China? Not bloody likely!
"They own it, someone sold it to them, and I'll tell you who it was - it was the Australian federal LNP government and the state ALP government."
Mr Katter said that within four years Australia would not be able to feed itself.
"What we are fighting for is enough food to feed our kids."
Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters told protesters that governments supporting the CSG industry had been blinded by profits and royalties.
"And they are risking our water and our food," she said.
"It's not on. That's certainly not the sort of future I want as a Queenslander.
"We want to make sure our land and our water is safe for future generations, to keep feeding us and sustaining communities."
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