The swearing ins are underway.

So far Tony Burke has had the biggest bible. MPs and senators can choose either a religious book, or an affirmation for their swearing in, where they must repeat the words, which include an oath of allegiance to the King. If you don’t say the words, you are not legally sworn in (Senator Lidia Thorpe had to come back and repeat her oath after protesting against the monarch in a swearing in, and while Bob Katter claims he doesn’t swear allegiance to the monarch and crosses it out in his official swearing in paper work, there is no evidence of that. (I’ve checked with the Speakers’ office on a few occasions).

So yes, Katter also does the oath.