Queensland MPs Urged to Put Party Politics Aside and Back Flag-Burning Bill

Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter is urging Queensland MPs to support a bill to criminalize the burning of the Australian flag in the state. The bill, introduced in April, would impose a maximum penalty of six months’ imprisonment for burning the flag in circumstances likely to provoke public disorder. Katter emphasized the importance of supporting the bill, even if it means diverging from typical party lines.

• Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter is urging Queensland MPs to support a bill to criminalize the burning of the Australian flag.
• The Summary Offences (Protection of the Australian Flag) Amendment Bill 2026 was introduced in the Queensland Parliament in April.
• The bill proposes a maximum penalty of six months’ imprisonment for burning the Australian flag in circumstances likely to provoke public disorder.
• Katter encourages MPs to support the bill regardless of party politics.