An Akubra-clad politician from north Queensland pulls into a bottle shop drive-through on a ride-on lawnmower to stick it to the authorities on behalf of the little guy.
Short of having a Vegemite sanger hanging out of his mouth, it's about as laughably cliche as you can get.
But, as with most things outspoken federal MP Bob Katter gets riled up about, he's not joking.
Mr Katter says he organised the media stunt at the Queens Arms Hotel in Brisbane on Wednesday to speak out against Queensland police for charging people for petty offences instead of focusing on real criminals, such as drug dealers.
He used an example of a man in the northwest Queensland town of Prairie, in his electorate of Kennedy, who was recently charged with unlicensed driving because he rode a lawn mower on the footpath while on his way to voluntarily mow the small town's park.
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"This petty, pedantic oppression of the people by the police has to stop," Mr Katter said.
"So we're out there chasing these run away lawn mowers, for people doing (a) civic duty but there seems to be druggies running all over the place, completely unassailed."
Although Mr Katter said his stunt was in solidarity with the man, he made sure he wasn't breaking any laws himself when he arrived on the mower.
"We've had legal counsel advising us that this is not a footpath and therefore is not, under the regulations, part of the road system," he said.
Mr Katter said state politicians were also to blame, by introducing oppressive laws that were making Queensland the most restrictive state in the country.
The Queensland Police Service chose not to comment on Mr Katter's stunt.
