Australians Against Further Immigration Explained

Australians Against Further Immigration
Colorcode:
  1. 954B10
Founder:Dr. Rodney Spencer
Robyn Spencer
Foundation:1989
Dissolved:2008
Ideology:Australian nationalism
Right-wing populism
Anti-immigration
Position:Far-right

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.

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
  1. of
    overall votes
% of
overall vote
  1. of
    overall seats won
+/–
19933,5870.03(#13/15) 0
199673,0230.67(#6/18) 0
200112,0330.10 (#11/20) 0
Senate
Election year
  1. of
    overall votes
% of
overall vote
  1. of
    overall seats won
  1. of
    overall seats
+/–
199019,4390.20(#12/17) 0
199346,4640.44(#9/19) 0
1996137,6041.26(#6/22) 0
200121,0120.18(#18/29) 0
200411,5080.10 (#23/30) 0

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anti-immigrants with a green tinge . The Sydney Morning Herald . 18 September 2020 . en . 21 March 2003.
  2. Web site: Document – 'Manifesto', Australians Against Further Immigration, circa 1990 . Museums Victoria Collections.
  3. Lyle Allan (1994), 'Immigration and the Werriwa By-Election,' in People and Place, Vol.2, No.1, p.55
  4. Book: From white Australia to Woomera: the story of Australian immigration. James Jupp. 136. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2002. 978-0-521-53140-5.
  5. Web site: Media Release 2006: Deregistration of Australians Against Further Immigration. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 September 2011.
  6. http://www.fightdemback.org/2006/01/11/deregistered-homes/ fightdemback.org

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