# Katter's Australian Party (KAP) — voting record

How Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 17 propositions scored for the 2022 election.

- [Climate change policy should include a carbon pricing mechanism to provide financial incentives for companies to produce less carbon emissions](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/climate-change-policy-should-include-a-carbon-pricing-mechanism-to-provide-financial-incentives-for-companies-to-produce-less-carbon-emissions) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/3)
- [Conservation of Australia's marine environments should be increased, such as by protecting them from offshore oil and gas drilling](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/conservation-of-australias-marine-environments-should-be-increased-such-as-by-protecting-them-from-offshore-oil-and-gas-drilling) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/17)
- [Renewable energy initiatives should receive more taxpayer funding](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/renewable-energy-initiatives-should-receive-more-taxpayer-funding) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/20)
- [Australia's intelligence agencies should be subjected to greater oversight and transparency in relation to their actions and powers](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/australias-intelligence-agencies-should-be-subjected-to-greater-oversight-and-transparency-in-relation-to-their-actions-and-powers) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/23)
- [The ABC and SBS should receive less taxpayer funding](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/the-abc-and-sbs-should-receive-less-taxpayer-funding) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/56)
- [Climate change action should be treated as a matter of urgency](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/climate-change-action-should-be-treated-as-a-matter-of-urgency) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/79)
- [Corporations with a revenue of more than $100m/yr should be required to publicly disclose certain financial information which is normally confidential, such as how much tax they paid](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/corporations-with-a-revenue-of-more-than-100myr-should-be-required-to-publicly-disclose-certain-financial-information-which-is-normally-confidential-such-as-how-much-tax-they-paid) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/81)
- [Donations to political parties should be capped and subjected to greater transparency](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/donations-to-political-parties-should-be-capped-and-subjected-to-greater-transparency) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/85)
- [An anti-corruption commission, similar to the NSW ICAC, should be established at the federal level](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/an-anti-corruption-commission-similar-to-the-nsw-icac-should-be-established-at-the-federal-level) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/86)
- [It should be harder for corporations and wealthy individuals to aggressively minimise their Australian tax obligations](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/it-should-be-harder-for-corporations-and-wealthy-individuals-to-aggressively-minimise-their-australian-tax-obligations) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/92)
- [Australia's biodiversity should be better protected through stronger conservation regulation](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/australias-biodiversity-should-be-better-protected-through-stronger-conservation-regulation) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/172)
- [Protections for people who identify as LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) should be increased, and exemptions which permit discrimination against LGBTI people should be removed](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/protections-for-people-who-identify-as-lgbti-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-intersex-should-be-increased-and-exemptions-which-permit-discrimination-against-lgbti-people-should-be-removed) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/195)
- [Religious institutions should have the right to discriminate against people (e.g. based on their sexuality or gender) if compelled by their religious teachings](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/religious-institutions-should-have-the-right-to-discriminate-against-people-eg-based-on-their-sexuality-or-gender-if-compelled-by-their-religious-teachings) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/198)
- [The Cashless Debit Card for welfare recipients (which can't be used to buy alcohol or gambling products) should be voluntary](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/the-cashless-debit-card-for-welfare-recipients-which-cant-be-used-to-buy-alcohol-or-gambling-products-should-be-voluntary) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/221)
- [University degrees which will support jobs in priority areas (e.g. maths, science, engineering, health) should be made more affordable at the expense of degrees in other subject areas (e.g. arts, law, economics)](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/university-degrees-which-will-support-jobs-in-priority-areas-eg-maths-science-engineering-health-should-be-made-more-affordable-at-the-expense-of-degrees-in-other-subject-areas-eg-arts-law-economics) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/246)
- [Dedicated quarantine facilitiates should have been built in every state and territory as part of the Australian Government's COVID-19 pandemic response](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/dedicated-quarantine-facilitiates-should-have-been-built-in-every-state-and-territory-as-part-of-the-australian-governments-covid-19-pandemic-response) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/263)
- [Protections for women in the workplace in respect to discrimination and harassment should be increased](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/protections-for-women-in-the-workplace-in-respect-to-discrimination-and-harassment-should-be-increased) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/267)

This party is scored on its recorded parliamentary votes, sourced from They Vote For You, not on its campaign statements. Each row links to the [divisions](https://how2vote.au/glossary#division) behind it. See [how the scoring works](https://how2vote.au/methodology) and [all parties, 2022](https://how2vote.au/2022/parties).

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Source: <https://how2vote.au/2022/parties/katters-australian-party-kap>

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