Bob Katter
MP for Kennedy · Katter's Australian Party
Pay
- Base salary
- $239,270
- Salary
- $239,270
- Electorate allowance, on top
- not reported
The allowance depends on the division's area.
Registrable interests
the whole registerAs declared on the Register of Members’ Interests, in Bob’s own words. The register records what an interest is, not what it is worth.
This statement is published as a scan, so it was read by hand rather than by machine on 12 August 2026. The statement is a photocopy that has been through OCR, and the recovered text is unreliable. Every value below is transcribed from the page; check it against the original if it matters to you.
- The statement is a photocopy. Its OCR text is the unreliable text the ingest already rejects; every value here was read visually from the page rendered at 300 dpi.
- Section 2's answers carry hand-drawn diagonal pen strokes across the text — one long stroke over the member's answer and two short ones over the spouse's. Whether they cancel the entries or were made in handling cannot be determined from the scan, so the text is transcribed as written rather than read as a deletion.
- Section 2 gives no name for either trust and no beneficial interest; the member's whole answer sits in the "nature of its operation" column, and the other two columns are blank on the form.
- The member answers several questions in prose rather than as entries — section 1 records that his wife does not share her shareholdings with him, and section 6 that he assumes she has loans. These are published as written.
1. Shareholdings
Shareholdings in public and private companies, including holding companies.
- A number of AMP shares
- She does not provide me with this information – regards this as personal business and I respect her wishes in these matters
2. Trusts and nominee companies
Family and business trusts and nominee companies, whether a beneficial interest is held or the member is a trustee.
- I may have some interest in cattle operations in the gulf. Also I have close friends and relatives that will benefit directly and indirectly with the creation and opening up of the beef highway into Indonesia and China.
- And in mining nothing definite at this stage but I intend to take up old mining tenements discovered by myself prior to going into Parliament and involve myself in other mining activities but there are no specifics at this stage.
- My wife has an interest in a trust that has interests in some cattle operations in Cape York.
6. Liabilities
The nature of any liability and the creditor concerned. Amounts are not required.
- Loans · ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB, Metway and others
- I assume that my wife has property loans and other loans · She does business with the above and other banks from time to time
8. Savings and investment accounts
Saving or investment accounts, their nature and the institution holding them. Balances are not required.
- The usual saving and cheque accounts · ANZ, Commonwealth, Westpac etc.
9. Other assets over $7,500
Any other asset, excluding household and personal effects, valued over $7,500.
- Part ownership of a rental property in Charters Towers
- None of the present that I can think of
10. Other sources of income
The nature of any other substantial source of income.
- Refer to page 2,2 (1) “Family and business trust and nominee companies”
- I may from time to time get royalties from book sales.
- Income from investment properties
12. Sponsored travel or hospitality
Sponsored travel or hospitality received.
- Use of a private aircraft from time to time, sometimes during election campaigns – probably not happening these days.
13. Memberships
Membership of any organisation where a conflict of interest with public duties could arise.
- I have in-laws that have extensive dealings with Government.
14. Other interests
Any other interest the member considers holds the potential for a conflict.
- Some members of my family have interests in cattle
Nothing declared under real estate, directorships, partnerships, bonds and debentures, gifts.
1 notification of alteration has been lodged since this statement. They are listed on the original rather than merged into it here, because matching a deletion back to the item it removes would risk misstating the declaration.
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- recognising local government in the Constitution
- increasing fishing restrictions
- increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- an NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- a plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- protecting citizens' privacy
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
Voted both ways
Positions where Bob’s votes fall on both sides. Each of these policies groups dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. Follow a link to see the votes.
Work expenses
all expenses$1,261,554 claimed over 4 quarters (Jul–Sep 2025 to Apr–Jun 2026), 1.87× the median for QLD.
- Office Facilities$361k
- Employee Travel$290k
- Office Administration$283k
- Other Car Costs$119k
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$88k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$73k
How to read this
- They Vote For You groups related divisions into plain-language "policies" and scores how often each member voted with that position. Those groupings are editorial judgements made by the OpenAustralia Foundation, not official parliamentary categories.
- An agreement score in the middle of the range means the member voted on both sides of that policy over time. That is normal: policies aggregate dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. We deliberately publish no "flip-flop" score, because when we measured it, almost every member qualified — it reflects how the scoring works, not anyone's conduct.
- Attendance excludes periods before a member was elected, but members may be absent for legitimate reasons including illness, parental leave, or official duties. A low rate is not by itself evidence of anything.
- Only members currently serving are included. A vote is recorded against the person, not the seat.
- Work expenses cover offices, staff, travel and communications. Claims are certified by the parliamentarian and administered by IPEA.
- Totals are not directly comparable between members. Electorate size drives travel costs, and ministers travel more than backbenchers. Members are therefore compared against the median for their own state or territory.
- Former parliamentarians — including former prime ministers, who retain certain entitlements — are reported separately and excluded from member comparisons.
- IPEA publishes quarterly and later issues adjustments for administrative errors. Figures for recent quarters may change slightly.
Full record for Bob Katter at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-31.