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Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born
22 May 1945) is an
Australian federal politician. He has served as a member of the
Australian House of Representatives since March
1993, representing the
Division of Kennedy,
Queensland. Until
2001 he represented the
National Party of Australia, but left the party that year and continued to hold the seat as an independent. He was born in
Cloncurry, Queensland, the son of
Bob Katter, Sr., who was MP for Kennedy
1966-
90. He was an investor in cattle and mining interests before entering politics.
Political career
Katter was a member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly 1974-
92. He was Minister for Northern Development and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs
1983-
87, Minister for Northern Development, Community Services and Ethnic Affairs
1987-
89, Minister for Community Services and Ethnic Affairs 1989, Minister for Mines and Energy
1989 and Minister for Northern and Regional Development 1989.
Katter's father was a member of the
Australian Labor Party until
1957, when he left during the Labor split of that year and joined the Queensland Labor Party, which later became part of the
Democratic Labor Party. He later joined the
Country Party, the forerunner of the National Party. Both Katter and his son retained certain elements of Labor political views from the 1950s, including opposition to
privatisation and economic deregulation.
While in the Queensland Parliament, Katter junior was a strong supporter of the right-wing populist politics of the Premier,
Joh Bjelke-Petersen. When he transferred to federal politics, he found himself increasingly out of sympathy with the federal
Liberal and National parties on economic and social issues. In
2001 he resigned from the National Party and easily retained his seat as an independent at the general elections of
2001 and
2004, each time ending up with almost 70 percent of the vote after preferences were distributed.
Katter has formed a good relationship with Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd in the
Parliamentary prayer group.
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