Katter Uncovered: MP's undeclared family houses, shares, debts ...

Federal MP Bob Katter's vague disclosures to parliament’s interests register read like the ramblings of a mad uncle after a night on the tiles. They also demonstrate his wilful disregard for the rules and the need for reform to compel MPs to declare their interests.

Sean Johnson10 May 2024

Katter has declared he can't recall if he has free access to a private aircraft. But he's sure he owns 100 heifers.

The Member for Kennedy from Queensland's Far North has breached his parliamentary disclosure obligations by not declaring his wife’s four properties, mortgages, shareholding, and directorship to the House of Representatives' interests register.

Queensland land title records show Susie Katter purchased a two-bedroom apartment in Brisbane’s Ascot for $699,000 in 2021. It is now estimated to be worth around $1 million.

Bob Katter never bothered to declare the purchase in his statement to the 46th parliament or in the current parliament.

And, as first reported by The Courier Mail in 2011 and confirmed by Open Politics, the MP has failed to declare Susie is the sole owner of her residence with Bob in Charters Towers, and co-owner of a house in Townsville and one in Mt Isa with her Queensland state MP son Robbie Katter.

The Courier Mail revealed Susie owned another undeclared property, a three-bedroom house in Brisbane that has since been sold.

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