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Katter's Australian Party
AbbreviationKAP
LeaderRobbie Katter
Deputy LeaderNick Dametto
PresidentChris Carney[1]
FounderBob Katter
Founded5 June 2011;13 years ago(5 June 2011)[2]
Registered27 September 2011
Merged intoQueensland Party(2011)
Headquarters2/321 Sturt Street,Townsville,Queensland
Membership(2013)1,500[3]
Ideology
ColoursDark red
House of Representatives
1 / 151
Senate
0 / 76
Queensland Legislative Assembly
4 / 93
Website
kap.org.au
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Katter's Australian Party(KAP) is anagrarianpopulistpolitical partyinAustraliathat advocates for a synthesis ofagrarian socialisteconomic policies andconservative social policies.[18][19]It was founded byBob Katter,anindependentand formerNationalsMPfor the seat ofKennedy,with a registration application lodged to theAustralian Electoral Commissionin 2011.[20]

Katter has been re-elected under the party's label at the2013,2016,2019,and2022 federal elections.The party also won two seats at the2012 Queensland state election,which it retained at the2015 state election.The party won an additional seat at the2017 state electionwhich it retained at the2020 state election.

In June 2018, independent and formerOne Nationsenator for QueenslandFraser Anningjoined the party, but was expelled in October 2018 for his inflammatory rhetoric concerning immigration.[21]In February 2020, Bob Katter handed the leadership of the party to his sonRobbie Katter,a Queensland state MP.[22]

Name

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Party founderBob Katter

The party's application for registration was denied by the Australian Electoral Commission on 17 August 2011, on the grounds that the intended party name ( "The Australian Party" ) was too generic and likely to cause confusion.[23]On 27 September 2011, Katter's Australian Party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission.[24]Although the party was unsuccessful in registering the shorter party name "The Australian Party" nationally, its simultaneous application to register in Queensland with the abbreviated name succeeded, despite a few public objections.[25]

Under Queensland electoral law the party appears on the state election ballots only under its abbreviated name. To avoid ballot-box party names varying across Australian states, the KAP unsuccessfully appealed to the courts to have ballots reprinted so that the full party name and not the abbreviated one would appear on ballots for the 2012 Queensland state election.[26]

Political positions

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The KAP is orientated towardsagrarianissues.[18][27]It has also been described asconservative,[28][29][30]socially conservative,[31]andnationalist.[32]Regarding fiscal issues, it supportsprotectionism,[31][33]economic nationalism,[34]and adevelopmentalistvision towards the implementation of tariffs.[35]It advocates forNorth Queensland statehood.[36][37]

Policies announced by Katter include:

Crime

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  • Relocation sentencing: in response to high youth crime and re-offence rates in Townsville and other North Queensland cities, KAP advocates for "relocation sentencing" at the state level, which would temporarily relocate youth offenders to remote areas in North-West Queensland, instead of releasing them back into the community where they offended.[38][39]
  • Mandatory minimum sentencing for repeat offenders[40]
  • Minimum three years prison for carjacking and unlawful use of a motor vehicle[40]

Economy

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  • Establish a government-owned development bank.[41]
  • Essential services such as airports, water, electricity, gas, health services, road, rail and port networks, public transport and communications should be provided by government.[41]

Energy

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  • Promote the construction of new dams for irrigation and hydro electricity generation.[citation needed]
  • Deliver more effective and efficient power transmission networks.[citation needed]

Environment

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Firearms and gun control

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  • Generally make it easier for law-abiding citizens to own and operate weapons[43]
  • Revise National Firearms Agreement
  • Any owner of a farming operation who has demonstrated responsible firearm ownership by holding a current weapons licence of category A, B or higher should have the right to own a category H firearm (handgun)
  • Implement real-time licensing, allowing permits to be processed at the point of sale rather than manual processing

Industrial relations

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  • Government must ensure that all workers, especially farmers, are able to collectively bargain for their own economic interests.[41]
  • Government must stop the use of457 visasby big business as a means to replace or undermine Australian workers and Australian award pay and conditions.

Infrastructure

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  • Deliver better road and rail infrastructure to facilitate regional investment.[citation needed]

Property rights

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  • No exploration or mining activity will be permitted on landholders' property without the landholder's consent.
  • Personal home ownership must be made easier by government implemented policies.[41]

Public service

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  • It is the responsibility of the government to encourage and protect whistle blowers as an important method of discovery of the real health and performance of the public sector; and implement regular, random, independent and external professional audits of the public service sector.

Regulation

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  • Legislate to limitWoolworthsandColesduopolyto 22.5 per cent market share each.[20]
  • Halt any privatisation and renationalise privatised assets.[20]"Overseas companies owning basic services will need big profits for their shareholders. You would pay for the profits with price hikes to basic services."[44]
  • Implement "orderly" marketing where industry structures undermine reasonable market power to producers[clarification needed](as perceived currently in dairy, egg and sugar industries).
  • Restore individual rights, such as "fishing freely and boiling abillywithout a permit ".[45]
  • It is the duty of government to ensure bank lending creates real wealth in terms of improvements of the quality of life for the average Australian.[41]

Trade

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  • All government spending on goods to be onAustralian productswhere possible.[20]
  • Ensure that any construction contracts undertaken using Australian government funds will useAustralian steel.
  • Every motor vehicle purchased under a government contract (arguably over 20% ofAustralia's motor vehicles) to be Australian-made.
  • All clothing for armed forces, police and prisons to be manufactured in Australia.
  • Significantly increase customs duty on products coming into Australia.[20]
  • Mandate premium shelf space onAustralian supermarketsfor Australian manufactured goods.
  • Prevent the sale of essential assets, public or private, including agricultural land and resource assets, to foreign companies and/or sovereign entities without caveats to protect the national interest.
  • Government must ensure and limit against corporate monopolisation.[41]

Federal politics

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2013 federal election

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In the2013 federal election,Katter's Australian Party received 1.04% of the nationwide vote in first preferences in thelower house,and 0.89% nationwide in theSenate.[46]Its best performing state was Queensland with 3.75% of the lower-house vote and 2.94% of the Senate vote.

Katter retained his seat ofKennedy,despite a 16-point swing in favour of theLiberal Nationals.[47]

2016 federal election

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In the2016 federal election,Katter's Australian Party received 0.54% of the nationwide vote in first preferences in thelower house,and 0.38% nationwide in theSenate.[48][49]Bob Katter retained his seat of Kennedy, with a swing of 8.93% towards him.[50]The party's next-best finish was in theDivision of Capricornia,where Laurel Carter polled 7.08 percent of the vote.[51]

On 7 July 2016, while counting for the election was still underway and the final result uncertain, Katter announced that he would provideconfidence and supplyto theTurnbull governmentin the event that it was reduced tominority government.[52]It proved unnecessary, as the Coalition finished with a one-seat majority. In August 2017, during theparliamentary eligibility crisis,Katter announced that he could not guarantee confidence and supply if the government lost its majority.[53]

2019 federal election

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In the2019 Australian federal election,Bob Katter retained the seat ofKennedy.The party also ran candidates in the electorates ofCapricornia,Dawson,Herbert,Leichhardt,MaranoaandWright,plus three Queensland candidates for the Senate.[54]

2022 federal election

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In the2022 Australian federal election,Bob Katter retained the seat ofKennedy.The party also ran candidates in three other electoratesDawson,HerbertandLeichhardt,all of which are in Queensland.[55]

State politics

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Queensland

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The party fielded candidates at the2012 Queensland state election.[20]QueenslandIndependentMPRob Messengerhad expressed interest in joining the party;[56]however, following the merger with the Queensland Party, Messenger declared he would not join the new party as it intended to run against sitting independents at the election.[57]

On 9 August 2011, Katter's Australian Party announced plans to merge with stateBeaudesertMPAidan McLindon'sQueensland Party,with Katter's Australian Party as the surviving entity. As part of the deal, McLindon became the merged party's leader in Queensland.[58][59]

On 30 October 2011, McLindon was joined byShane Knuth,theLiberal National Party of Queensland(LNP) member forDalrymple.Knuth, who was from the National half of the merger, objected to what he saw as a reduced voice for regional MPs in the merged party, calling it a Liberal takeover even though the merged party was dominated by former Nationals. He was also displeased with a number of tactics adopted by the LNP's organisational wing, such as grilling potential candidates and maintaining files about Labor MPs containing compromising information.[60]

In the2012 Queensland state election,the party contested 76 of the 89 seats in the state legislature.Robbie KatterwonMount Isa—which is virtually coextensive with the western portion of his father's federal seat—while Knuth retained Dalrymple. McLindon was defeated in Beaudesert. Katter claimed that the Electoral Commission's decision not to print his name on the ballot cost the party 8.5% of the vote.[61]

On 25 November 2012, the party was joined byCondamineLNP MPRay Hopper.Like Knuth, Hopper is from the National side of the merger. As Knuth had a year earlier, Hopper claimed that the LNP had been a takeover by the old Liberal Party at the expense of the National Party, and accused the LNP of deliberately purging National influence from the party. Hopper claimed to have spoken to eight other LNP backbenchers who were considering defection.[62]On 29 November Hopper was elected as the party's Queensland state leader.[63]

In the2015 Queensland state election,the party contested 11 of the 89 seats, with Knuth and Katter retaining their seats, but Hopper failed in a bid for the seat ofNanango.Due to the election's close-run result (44 Labor to 42 LNP with either needing 45), KAP was potentially in a situation to choose the government, and met with both parties and published a list of 28 demands.[64]However, as independent MPPeter Wellingtonelected to support Labor on confidence and supply, this did not proceed further.

In the2017 Queensland state election,Shane KnuthwonHill,Robbie KatterwonTraegerand increased their seat numbers to 3 withNick DamettowinningHinchinbrook.The party increased its share of first preference votes to 2.32% and became the 3rd largest party in theQueensland Parliament.[65]

Katter's Australian Party maintained their parliamentary representation but further increased their share of first preference votes to 2.52% at the2020 Queensland state election.[66]Robbie Katter,Shane Knuth,andNick Damettowere all reelected to their respective seats.

Other states

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The Tasmanian Branch, led byGlenorchyAlderman Jenny Branch-Allen, claimed to have received many expressions of interest by potential candidates for the2013 federal election.[67]

Ann Bressington,anindependent(and formerlyNo Pokies) member of theSouth Australian Legislative Council,announced in October 2013 that she would sponsor registration for the party at the2014 state election,although she did not join the party herself.[68]At the 2014 election, the party did however have two candidates for the Legislative Council,[69]both of which were unsuccessful.

In February 2014, theCountry Allianceannounced that it would merge with the Victorian Branch of Katter's Australian Party for the upcoming2014 state election,following confirmation at an extraordinary general meeting of the party. The merged parties plan to contest the election as the "Australian Country Alliance".[70][71]

In 2018, the party contestedthe by-electionin theNew South Walesseat ofWentworth,which was triggered by the resignation of formerPrime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull.The party's candidate was Robert Callanan, who received the first place on the ballot paper after the draw.[72]Callanan was later disendorsed over undisclosed former links to abrothel.[73]This was the most recent time the party fielded a candidate outside of Queensland.

Donors

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See also:Political funding in Australia

Katter's Australian Party has received significant donations from the firearms industry.

For the 2020-21 financial year, the largest disclosed donors to the party were:Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (Queensland) Inc($130,000 split across two donations),Shooters Union Qld Pty Ltd($100,000), Firearm Dealers Association - Qld Inc ($100,000), andCharters Towers Toyota($20,000).[74]

A 2019 report revealed that Katter's Australian Party has taken more than $808,760 from pro-gun groups during the 2011-2018 period.[75]The party received the most disclosed pro-gun donations of all Australian political parties.[75]

Leaders

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Federal Leader

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No. Leader
(birth–death) 		Portrait Electorate Term of office
1 Bob Katter
(b. 1945) 		Kennedy,Qld.
(federal seat) 		5 June
2011 		3 February
2020
8 years and 244 days
2 Robbie Katter
(b. 1977) 		Traeger
(state seat) 		3 February
2020 		Incumbent
4 years and 241 days

State Leaders

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Queensland Leader

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No. Leader
(birth–death) 		Portrait Electorate Term of office
1 Aidan McLindon
(b. 1980) 		Beaudesert 9 August
2011 		26 April
2012
262 days
2 Ray Hopper
(b. 1960) 		Condamine 29 November
2012 		2 February
2015
2 years and 62 days
3 Robbie Katter
(b. 1977) 		Mount Isa
(until 25 November 2017) 		2 February
2015 		Incumbent
Traeger
(from 25 November 2017)
9 years and 242 days

Queensland Deputy Leader

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No. Leader
(birth–death) 		Portrait Electorate Term of office
1 Nick Dametto
(b. 1983) 		Hinchinbrook 16 November
2021 		Incumbent
2 years and 320 days

Electoral results

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Federal

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House of Representatives
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		seats won +/– Position
2013 134,226 1.04 (6th)
1 / 150
 Increase1 Crossbench
2016
(D-D) 		72,879 0.54 (9th)
1 / 150
 Steady Crossbench
2019 69,736 0.49 (9th)
1 / 151
 Steady Crossbench
2022 55,863 0.38 (9th)
1 / 151
 Steady Crossbench
Senate
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		seats won +/– Position
2013 119,920 0.89 (10th)
0 / 76
 Steady Extra-parliamentary
2016 53,123 0.38 (10th)
0 / 76
 Steady Extra-parliamentary
2019 51,407 0.35 (19th)
0 / 76
 Steady Extra-parliamentary
2022 did not contest Extra-parliamentary

Queensland

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Legislative Assembly
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		seats won +/– Notes
2012 282,098 11.53 (3rd)
2 / 89
 Increase2 Crossbench
2015 50,588 1.93 (5th)
2 / 89
 Steady Crossbench
(sharedbalance of power)
2017 62,613 2.32 (5th)
3 / 93
 Increase1 Crossbench
2020 71,893 2.5 (5th)
3 / 93
 Steady Crossbench
2024 TBD TBD
0 / 93
 TBD TBD

South Australia

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Legislative Council
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		seats won +/– Notes
2014 1,503 0.1 (21st)
0 / 22
 Steady Extra-parliamentary

List of parliamentarians

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Image Name Chamber Electorate Term began Term ended Length of term Total length of terms
Bob Katter
(1945–) 		Australian House of Representatives Kennedy(Qld) 5 June 2011 incumbent 13 years, 118 days
Aidan McLindon
(1980–) 		Queensland Legislative Assembly Beaudesert 9 August 2011 24 March 2012 228 days
Shane Knuth
(1966–) 		Queensland Legislative Assembly Dalrymple 30 October 2011 25 November 2017 6 years, 26 days 12 years, 337 days
Hill 25 November 2017 incumbent 6 years, 311 days
Robbie Katter
(1977–) 		Queensland Legislative Assembly Mount Isa 24 March 2012 25 November 2017 5 years, 246 days 12 years, 191 days
Traeger 25 November 2017 incumbent 6 years, 311 days
Ray Hopper
(1960–) 		Queensland Legislative Assembly Condamine 25 November 2012 31 January 2015 2 years, 67 days
Nick Dametto
(1983–) 		Queensland Legislative Assembly Hinchinbrook 25 November 2017 incumbent 6 years, 311 days
Fraser Anning
(1949–) 		Australian Senate Queensland 4 June 2018 25 October 2018 143 days
Stephen Andrew
(1968–) 		Queensland Legislative Assembly Mirani 9 September 2024 incumbent 22 days

See also

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Notes

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