Katter's Australian Party
The Katter's Australian Party ( KAP ) is a nationalist , right-wing and socially conservative party in Australia that was entered on the electoral roll in 2011. It is led at the federal level by Bob Katter , who won a seat in the Australian House of Representatives in the general election in May 2019 .
Dynasty of politicians
Bob Katter's father was also a politician who was elected to parliament in 1974 and also held several ministerial offices. Bob Katter has been a member of the Senate since 1993, when he was a member of the National Party of Australia . In 2001 he resigned from this party and was then elected four times to parliament, twice as an independent and twice for his own party. The son of Bob Katter Robbie is the chairman of the KAP in the Australian state of Queensland .
Program
The Katter's Australian Party is strongly oriented towards the interests of Australian agriculture, opposes economic monopolies and emphasizes the intensive promotion of national products.
The KAP essentially makes the following social and political demands: Solar energy should be strongly promoted in order to minimize electricity costs for farmers using water pumps. However, the party is against any form of CO2 tax and CO2 emissions trading . National products should be promoted over foreign ones. Visas for foreign workers are to be severely restricted and domestic workers are given priority. Fishing should be carried out without restrictions. The state is to take over the air transport, water, electricity and gas supply, health care, transport and communication and road construction. The party wants to restrict the rights of the Aborigines .
Party leader Bob Katter is against same-sex marriages . This became clear when he was asked for his opinion on this. Because he immediately changed the subject and commented on crocodile attacks in Australia.
In June 2018, the Islamophobic and right-wing extremist Senator Fraser Anning joined the KAP and was expelled for his positions in October of the same year.
In May 2019, Bob Katter was able to defend his seat in the Australian House of Representatives , which he won in 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our Achivements , at Katter's Australian Party. Retrieved on May 26, 2019
- ↑ Billy Perrigo: This Australian Politician Was Asked About Same-Sex Marriage and Quickly Changed the Topic to Crocodile Attacks , November 20, 2017, on Time . Retrieved May 26, 2019
- ↑ Australian senator's call for Muslim ban is an outlier opinion in the country , August 16, 2018, on CNBC . Retrieved May 26, 2019