Summary
Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) was an Australian far-right political party founded by radiologist Dr. 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] The party was founded in 1989, registered in 1990, and ceased to exist in 2008.[3]
Australians Against Further Immigration | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dr. Rodney Spencer Robyn Spencer |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Dissolved | 2008 |
| Ideology | Australian nationalism Right-wing populism Anti-immigration |
| Political position | Far-right |
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 edit
| House of Representatives | ||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,587 | 0.03(#13/15) | 0 / 150
|
 0
|
| 1996 | 73,023 | 0.67(#6/18) | 0 / 150
|
0
|
| 2001 | 12,033 | 0.10 (#11/20) | 0 / 150
|
 0
|
| Senate | ||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
# of overall seats |
+/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 19,439 | 0.20(#12/17) | 0 / 40
|
0 / 76
|
0
| |
| 1993 | 46,464 | 0.44(#9/19) | 0 / 40
|
0 / 76
|
0
| |
| 1996 | 137,604 | 1.26(#6/22) | 0 / 40
|
0 / 76
|
0
| |
| 2001 | 21,012 | 0.18(#18/29) | 0 / 40
|
0 / 76
|
0
| |
| 2004 | 11,508 | 0.10 (#23/30) | 0 / 40
|
0 / 76
|
0
| |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Anti-immigrants with a green tinge". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Document - 'Manifesto', Australians Against Further Immigration, circa 1990". Museums Victoria Collections.
- ^ a b Lyle Allan (1994), 'Immigration and the Werriwa By-Election,' in People and Place, Vol.2, No.1, p.55
- ^ James Jupp (2002). From white Australia to Woomera: the story of Australian immigration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-521-53140-5.
- ^ "Media Release 2006: Deregistration of Australians Against Further Immigration". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ fightdemback.org Archived April 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine