Katter's Australian Party
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. 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.
Katter's Australian Party | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | KAP |
| Leader | Robbie Katter |
| Deputy Leader | Nick Dametto |
| President | Chris Carney |
| Founder | Bob Katter |
| Founded | 5 June 2011 |
| Registered | 27 September 2011 |
| Merged into | Queensland Party (2011) |
| Headquarters | 2/321 Sturt Street, Townsville, Queensland |
| Membership (2013) | 1,500 |
| Ideology |
|
| Colours | Dark red |
| House of Representatives | 1 / 151 |
| Senate | 0 / 76 |
| Queensland Legislative Assembly | 3 / 93 |
| Website | |
| kap | |
| |
| This article is part of a series on |
| Conservatism in Australia |
|---|
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.
In June 2018, independent and former One Nation senator for Queensland Fraser Anning joined the party, but was expelled in October 2018 for his inflammatory rhetoric concerning immigration. In February 2020, Bob Katter handed the leadership of the party to his son Robbie Katter, a Queensland state MP.