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's Australian Party | |
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| Abbreviation | KAP |
| Leader | Robbie Katter |
| Founder | Bob Katter |
| Founded | 27 September 2011 |
| Split from | National[1] LNP[1] |
| Ideology | Agrarian Socialism Protectionism Social conservatism Rural interests[3] Agrarianism[4] Christian democracy Populism |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| Colours | Dark red |
| House of Representatives | 1 / 151 |
| Queensland Parliament | 3 / 93 |
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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
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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) - ↑ Gauja, Anika (2018). Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election. ANU Press. p. 323.
- ↑ Alexander, Damon (August 28, 2013). "The mice that may yet roar: who are the minor right-wing parties?". The Conversation.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lynch, Lydia (2 February 2020). "Bob Katter hands over party leadership to his son". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
