Outspoken MP Bob Katter has risked being drawn into a race row after accusing the Queensland Government of believing embattled MP Billy Gordon was ' a little black puppet on a string ' . In a bizarre statement on his party 's website , Mr Katter said the Government believes Mr Gordon would quit after he was recently accused of domestic violence - and later admitted to his criminal past . Mr Katter , federal MP for Kennedy , is of Lebanese descent . He said he 's been personally subjected to racist attitudes from both major parties in the past , and that he sympathised with Mr Gordon 's position . Federal MP Bob Katter , who released a statement today accusing the Queensland Government of assuming Billy Gordon would quit after he was recently accused of domestic violence . Mr Gordon was forced to quit the Queensland Labor Party last week in the wake of being accused of domestic violence and withholding his criminal history from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk . He announced on Wednesday he will remain in the Queensland parliament as an independent , throwing the Government , which holds a razor-thin majority , into chaos . 'In the last two cases where this occurred in the federal parliament , there was never any question raised about the member resigning . So why was it assumed here that Billy Gordon would resign ? ' Mr Katter 's statement reads . ' I ca n't help but think that the Queensland Government thought they had a little black puppet on a string . Mr Gordon , who was forced to quit the Queensland Labor Party last week in the wake of being accused of domestic violence and withholding his criminal history . The statement has sparked criticism on social media , with users questioning his terminology . 'Irrespective of his weird use of the term 'black puppet ' it 's kinda odd how Bob Katter is speaking on Billy Gordon 's behalf ' wrote Benjamin James . Not that John wrote : 'Wow , Bob Katter calls Billy Gordon , 'black puppet on a string ' and the lefty loons stay silent . What if Abbott had said it ? ' The statement has sparked criticism on social media , with some users questioning his terminology . Mr Katter has since defended the statement , saying he used the term black puppet in light of his personal experiences . Mr Katter has since defended the statement , saying he used the term black puppet 'because I 'm dark and I come from Cloncurry . ' ' I can understand and I can identify with the attitudes that these people have and I 'm going to call it for what it is , ' he said . ' I deliberately put that comment in with a forethought , because I think they deserve a belting for the racial overtones . ' Mr Katter used federal MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott as examples of independents becoming puppets for the government and sacrificing their independence , but he vowed Mr Gordon would not make that mistake .
Mr Katter was forced to quit Labor after being accused of domestic violence . Mr Gordon accused the Queensland Government of assuming Mr Katter would quit from the allegations . Mr Gordon said he had been personally subjected to racist attitudes from both major parties in the past .