Federal MP Bob Katter says the Queensland government believed indigenous MP Billy Gordon was "a little black puppet on a string".

Mr Katter accused both major parties of racist attitudes, but said Queensland's Labor premier Annastacia Palaszczuk assumed Mr Gordon would quit parliament as she had demanded after he was accused of domestic violence.

"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 said.

"I can't help but think that the Queensland government thought they had a little black puppet on a string.