Katter's Australian Party
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Katter's Australian Party
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| Leader |
Bob Katter (federal) Robbie Katter (state; Queensland) |
| Founder | Bob Katter |
| Founded | 27 September 2011 |
| Ideology |
Australian nationalism Economic nationalism Social conservatism Protectionism Agrarianism |
| Political position |
Social: Right-wing Economic: Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Colours | Dark red |
| House of Representatives |
1 / 150
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| Queensland Parliament |
2 / 89
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| Website | |
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Social: Right-wing
Katter's Australian Party (KAP, AUS, also Australian) is a political party in Australia. It was formed by the Independent Federal Member of Parliament, 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 Rob Katter is the leader in Queensland. It is only in representation of both state and federal level in Queensland.
Katter was re-elected under the party's label at the 2013 federal election, while the party also won two seats at the 2012 state election in Queensland, which it retained at the 2015 state election.
The party's policies closely mirror those of Katter, including support for industry (both agricultural and manufacturing) and opposition to privatisation and deregulation.
The party's first policies announced by Katter include:
Although Katter himself is known to be a staunch social conservative, the party (mostly) does not actively pursue socially conservative policies, focusing mainly on economic issues. Although social conservatism is usually associated with issues such as abortion, the party doesn't have a position on this (or most solely social policy issues) – as it is considered a matter of social conscience for individual party members.
Many of the party's economic stances echo 1950s Labor policy, reflecting the roots of Katter's father, Bob, Sr. in Labor.
On 17 August 2011 the party's application for registration was denied by the Australian Electoral Commission, on the grounds that the intended abbreviated party name ("The Australian Party") was too generic and likely to cause confusion. On 27 September 2011, Katter's Australian Party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission. Although, unsuccessful in registering the "The Australian Party" abbreviated party name nationally, the party's simultaneous application to register in Queensland succeed with the abbreviated name despite a few public objections. Under Queensland electoral law it is only the abbreviated party name which appears on the state election ballots. To avoid ballot-box party names varying, depending on Australian State, the KAP unsuccessfully appealed to the courts to have ballots reprinted so that the full party name and not the abbreviated party name would appear on ballots for the 2012 Queensland state election.
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