QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser has acknowledged Katter's Australian Party as a legitimate threat in the next election - but not to Labor.
Mr Fraser said he believed the party formed by Member for Kennedy Bob Katter could take as many as 10 seats in the next state election, scheduled for March.
But he said the seats most at risk were in Liberal National Party (LNP) territory.
He told the ABC up to 10 seats could go to the party "mostly in the north and probably eating into the LNP base".
He said seats where Mr Katter had a strong profile - Hinchinbrook, Burdekin, Mirani and Warrego - were at risk.
"I think it will be a red hot show," he said.
Meanwhile, Mr Katter has issued a call for a 12-month moratorium on new coal seam gas projects in Queensland as the gas industry continues its march north into the cattle country of McKinlay, Richmond and Flinders shires.
North West Star
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