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Portrait of Bob Katter

Bob Katter

Katter's Australian Party · House of Representatives · Kennedy (QLD) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter was born on 22 May 1945 in Cloncurry, Queensland; his paternal grandfather Carl Robert Katter was born in Bsharri and emigrated to Australia in 1898, and his father was politician Bob Katter Sr. He received his early education in Cloncurry, where he was one of only six students at his school to complete Year 12, and attended the University of Queensland to study law but left without graduating.

Background official record

Labourer, then insurance, small mining and cattle interests. Member for Flinders in the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1974-1992 and a minister under premiers Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern and Cooper; federal MP since 1993 and leader of Katter's Australian Party.

2025 election · Kennedy KATTER, Bob (Katter's Australian Party (KAP)) was elected with 39,219 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: KATTER, Bob (Katter's Australian Party (KAP)) 63,888, SWAINE, Annette (LNP) 33,274. [AEC results]

Sourced positions

Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

AyeNoPairedDid not vote

Immigration own statement

Bob Katter (KAP) called in February 2024 for Australia's migrant intake to be 'cut in half' and the student intake reduced by two-thirds, saying migration preference 'has to come from countries with democracy, egalitarian traditions, rule of law, Christian principles and industrial awards.' On asylum seekers he advocates turning back boats 'with, of course, fuel and food.' In January 2026 he reiterated a policy of 'No migration without assimilation.'

Votes on record · 1

Faith & religion encyclopedia

Katter is Roman Catholic.

Economic nationalism encyclopedia

Katter supports traditional Country Party statutory marketing, opposes privatisation and economic deregulation, and has pioneered protests against imported bananas and championed mandating ethanol fuel content. He resigned from the National Party in 2001 over policy disagreements, having found himself out of sympathy with the Liberal–National Coalition's neoliberal stances on economic and social issues.

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Gambling & gaming reform recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

First Nations & treaty recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.

Record last updated 2026-10-10.