What was claimed
Bob Katter is in hospital after a medical emergency and his family has asked for privacy.
Our verdict
False. The story and quotes are fabricated.
AAP FACTCHECK - Veteran MP Bob Katter's family has not asked for privacy in the wake of him being hospitalised, despite claims online.
Mr Katter's family has made no public statement about his health and the Queensland MP has been active on social media in recent days.
A Facebook page called Outback Politics, which frequently shares fake news about the Katter's Australian Party leader, has shared a post claiming the veteran politician suffered "a medical emergency".
"The health of Bob Katter is currently in a concerning condition after he was hospitalized last night due to a medical emergency while working at his private residence," the post claims.
The post links to an online blog that makes more false claims, including that vigils were being held and that Mr Katter's family had asked the public for privacy.
Facebook's page transparency data reveals that it's operated by users in Vietnam and the Philippines.
However, there have been no credible news reports about the MP being hospitalised and he has appeared to be in good health in his own recent social media posts.
Despite that, many users appear to believe the claims and have reshared the post.
Outback Politics frequently posts political disinformation about Mr Katter, typically focusing on fake debates with other politicians that use fabricated quotes to deceive users.
Many posts also use images generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
Another post falsely claims that Mr Katter accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of "burying the Bondi terrorist alert three days before the election."
It alleges that Mr Albanese responded in a Senate hearing by saying: "I… I was advised not to scare the public."
However, both men are lower house MPs and do not attend Senate sittings.
There are no credible new reports of Mr Katter or the PM being in such a stoush, or records of the men making such comments in the House of Representatives' Hansard transcripts.
Experts have previously told AAP FactCheck that disinformation pages use false claims to push users to external websites that are often laden with ads, scams and even viruses.
AAP FactCheck has identified dozens of social media accounts spreading disinformation about Australian politics, which routinely use AI tools to generate images and text.
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