Australians Against Further Immigration

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Far-right politics in Australia Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) was a far-right Australian political party founded by radiologist Rodney Spencer and his wife Robyn, the parents of actor Jesse Spencer. The party described itself as "eco-nationalist",[1] was opposed to mass immigration and aimed for zero net migration.[2]

AAFI stood candidates at both state and federal level, but never won a seat. The party said it was a mainstream organisation, and sought to distance itself from extremist organisations such as the Australian League of Rights and from the Citizens Electoral Council.[3] In 1994, Franca Arena, then a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, denounced the party in the New South Wales parliament.

In by-elections in Mackellar and Warringah (safe Liberal seats on the Northern Beaches of Sydney) in 1994, Labor MP Graeme Campbell urged electors to vote for Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI).[4]

The party was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in December 2005, as lacking the minimum 500 members required to be registered as a political party.[5] It contested the 2007 New South Wales state election, but was also deregistered at the state level not long after.[6]

Federal parliament

House of Representatives
Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/–
1993 3,587 0.03 (#13/15) Template:Composition bar Increase 0
1996 73,023 0.67 (#6/18) Template:Composition bar Increase 0
2001 12,033 0.10 (#11/20) Template:Composition bar Decrease 0
Senate
Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		# of
overall seats 		+/–
1990 19,439 0.20 (#12/17) Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 0
1993 46,464 0.44 (#9/19) Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 0
1996 137,604 1.26 (#6/22) Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 0
2001 21,012 0.18 (#18/29) Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Decrease 0
2004 11,508 0.10 (#23/30) Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Decrease 0

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Lyle Allan (1994), 'Immigration and the Werriwa By-Election,' in People and Place, Vol.2, No.1, p.55
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  6. ↑ fightdemback.org Template:Webarchive
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