Katter's Australian Party

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
Merger ofQueensland Party (2011)
Headquarters2/321 Sturt Street, Townsville, Queensland
Membership (2013)1,500[3]
Ideology
Colours  Dark red
House of Representatives
1 / 151
Senate
0 / 76
Queensland Legislative Assembly
3 / 93
Website
kap.org.au
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Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is an agrarian populist political party in Australia that advocates for a synthesis of agrarian socialist economic policies and conservative social policies.[18][19] It was founded by Bob Katter, an independent and former Nationals MP for the seat of Kennedy, with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral Commission in 2011.[20]

Katter has been re-elected under the party's label at the 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022 federal elections. The party also won two seats at the 2012 Queensland state election, which it retained at the 2015 state election. The party won an additional seat at the 2017 state election which it retained at the 2020 state election and the 2024 state election.

In February 2020, Bob Katter handed the leadership of the party to his son Robbie Katter, a Queensland state MP.[21]

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  13. ^ a b Silk, Marty (16 November 2021). "Katter party appoints Qld deputy leader". The Canberra Times. Australian Community Media. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. The socially conservative but economically nationalist party holds three seats in state parliament and has been a fixture of Queensland politics for 10 years.
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  18. ^ Bruns, Axel; Highfield, Tim (2013). "Political Networks on Twitter: Tweeting the Queensland state election" (PDF). Information, Communication & Society. 16 (5): 667–691. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2013.782328. S2CID 143208704. Bob Katter, the outspoken Federal Member for Kennedy, in Queensland's north-west, had launched his own party in 2011 to promote agricultural and conservative views; Katter's Australian Party (KAP) subsequently nominated candidates for 76 of the 89 state electorates.
  19. ^ "Australia senator urges drastic cut in student visas". Times of India. 17 August 2018.
  20. ^ Lion, Patrick (4 June 2011). "Queensland MP Bob Katter registered Katter's Australian Party with the Australian Electoral Commission". The Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  21. ^ Lynch, Lydia (2 February 2020). "Bob Katter hands over party leadership to his son". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 3 February 2020.