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.
Party founder Bob Katter
Image: Bob Katter
Image: Robbie Katter with hat at lookout (cropped)
Image: Aidan Mc Lindon
Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the National Party until 2001, when he left to sit as an independent. He formed his own party, Katter's Australian Party, in 2011.
Official portrait, 1993
Katter (left) at a Queensland Day ceremony with Mike Reynolds (right) c. 1986.