Australian Citizens Party

Australian Citizens Party
AbbreviationACP, Citizens Party
National LeaderCraig Isherwood
National ChairmanAnn Lawler
Founder
  • Craig Isherwood
  • Maurice Hetherington
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)[1]
HeadquartersCoburg, Victoria, Australia
NewspaperThe New Citizen
Ideology
Political positionSyncretic[2] [3]
International affiliationLaRouche movement
Colours  Green-Brown
House of Representatives
0 / 151
Senate
0 / 76
Website
citizensparty.org.au

The Australian Citizens Party (ACP), formerly the Citizens Electoral Council of Australia (CEC), is a minor[4][5][6] political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement which was led by American political activist and conspiracy theorist[7] Lyndon LaRouche.

The party has pushed conspiracy theories, including that international action on climate change and indigenous land rights are part of a conscious fraud masterminded by Prince Philip, as part of the British Royal Family’s scheme to depopulate the planet.[8][9] It ‘believes Prince Philip is trying to break up nation-states through the World Wide Fund for Nature and is involved in a "racist plot to splinter Australia"’.[10]

Founded in 1988, the party has been led by Craig Isherwood ever since.[11]

  1. ^ "Citizens Electoral Council of Australia's Submission to the Parliament of Victoria's Electoral Matters Committee" (PDF). parliament.vic.gov.au. Parliament of Victoria. 14 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Fringe party making more than $2m from small donors". Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Our Policies". Citizens Electoral Council. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ The LaRouche Cult: The Citizens Electoral Council (PDF) (PDF), B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission Inc., 2001
  5. ^ "AJN | Latest Nicotine News". www.ajn.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Fascist Australia". The Age. Melbourne. 24 August 2004. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  7. ^ Walker, Jesse (29 December 2019). "Lyndon LaRouche: The Conspiracist Who Earned a Following". Politico. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Monckton's Melbourne meeting: A gathering of men in Richie Benaud blazers". 4 February 2010.
  9. ^ Aboriginal "land rights": Prince Philip's racist plot to splinter Australia. Citizens Electoral Council of Australia. 1997.
  10. ^ "Right-wing groups making their mark". 9 February 2001.
  11. ^ "Laughing all the way to the postal bank: The LaRouchites in the 2022 Election". 17 May 2022.