Katter to back Coalition

The Independent member of Kennedy Bob Katter says he will back a Coalition government.

However Mr Katter said his decision should not be taken as a reflection of who the other independent MPs will support.

Tony Winsdor and Rob Oakeshott are yet to announce who they will support.

Mr Katter said he would respect Mr Windsor's and Mr Oakeshott's decision on which of the two major parties to back.

"They have very moral convictions and they will follow through on those convictions," he told reporters inside his office at Parliament House.

"I will most certainly respect whatever decision they make."

Mr Katter said he had not told Prime Minister Julia Gillard or Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of his decision before calling the press conference.

"I haven't told anybody at all," he said.

"I will be backing the coalition, yes," Mr Katter told reporters in Canberra.

"My colleagues ... they are still in discussions."

Mr Katter said his decision would have been different had Kevin Rudd still being Labor leader.

"Kevin's thinking and my thinking are very similar, I'm very good friends with him."

Mr Katter said the two had spent two nights together while he was "in agony" over the decision.

Mr Katter said his decision had not been tough to reach because it had just involved adding up the columns.

On issues such as broadband, the two sides were not far apart.

"There were issues like the national energy grid where the Rudd government was responsible for that and they will go down in the history books," he said.

"But the other side agreed with it so there was no distance between the two."

Mr Katter said he rejected any offer for a ministerial position.