Katter's Australian Party

Katter's Australian Party
Abbreviation	KAP
Leader	Robbie Katter
Founder	Bob Katter
Founded	27 September 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-27)
Split from	National[1] LNP[1]
Ideology	Agrarian Socialism Protectionism Social conservatism Australian nationalism Economic nationalism[2] Rural interests[3] Agrarianism[4] Christian democracy Populism
Political position	Syncretic
Colours	Dark red
House of Representatives	1 / 151
Queensland Parliament	3 / 93
Website
www.kap.org.au
Politics of Australia Political parties

Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is a political party in Australia. It was formed by the independent and former Nationals Member of Parliament for Kennedy Bob Katter, with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral Commission in 2011.

Katter has been the party's federal parliamentary leader since that time, while his son Robbie is the leader in Queensland.^[5]

In February 2020, Bob Katter handed the leadership of the party to his son Robbie Katter, a Queensland state MP.^[6]

References

1. King, Tom (2015). The Advent of Two New Micro Parties: The Palmer United Party and Katter's Australia Party. ANU Press. p. 294. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. Gauja, Anika (2018). Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election. ANU Press. p. 323.
3. Alexander, Damon (August 28, 2013). "The mice that may yet roar: who are the minor right-wing parties?". The Conversation.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Lynch, Lydia (2 February 2020). "Bob Katter hands over party leadership to his son". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 3 February 2020.