Katter party wants to stop Qld MP pay rise Katter's Australian Party says it will try to block an exorbitant pay rise for Queensland MPs. KATTER'S Australian Party says it will try to block the $57,000 pay rise for Queensland MPs. KAP's member for Dalrymple Shane Knuth says the party will introduce a Private Members Bill at the next parliamentary sitting to stop the increase, which will lift MPs' base salary to $194,000. The Newman government says it was forced into giving the pay rise after the former Labor government unlawfully froze MPs' wages in 2009. The government is refusing to overturn laws that require state MPs' pay to match their federal counterparts. Mr Knuth says it's outrageous to give politicians a big pay rise after mass government sackings and cuts to public services. "The very hour they announced their pay rise they removed the $10 mowing vouchers to provide assistance to our most vulnerable elderly and disabled citizens," Mr Knuth said. The government said it has made cuts to electoral and political party funds to pay for the wage increase.