Australia First Party Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated | |
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| Abbreviation | AFP |
| President | Jim Saleam |
| Deputy Leader | Peter Schuback |
| Founder | Graeme Campbell |
| Founded | June 1996 |
| Registered | |
| Headquarters | Tempe, New South Wales, Australia |
| Newspaper |
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| Youth wing | Eureka Youth League |
| Ideology | Neo-fascism[9][5] |
| Political position | Right-wing[10][11] to far-right[4][12] |
| National affiliation | Australian Coalition of Nationalists (since 2016) |
| International affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom[13] |
| Colours | Blue, Red and Black |
| Slogan | "Identity. Independence. Freedom." |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 151
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| Senate | 0 / 76
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| Eureka flag[14] | |
![Eureka flag[14]](view_image.php?q=Australia_First_Party&sq=&lang=&file=File:Eureka_Flag.svg) | |
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| australiafirstparty | |
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The Australia First Party (AFP), officially known as the Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated, is an Australian nationalist political party founded in 1996 by Graeme Campbell, a former member of the Australian Labor Party. The policies of the party have been described as nationalist, anti-multicultural and economically protectionist, advocating for strict immigration controls, the prioritization of Australian citizens in employment, and the promotion of Australian culture and values. The party's logo includes the Southern Cross of the Eureka Flag.
The AFP's current leader, Jim Saleam, is a Lebanese Australian, a convicted arsonist, a former member of the National Socialist Party of Australia and founder of the militant Australian white nationalist group National Action. The party has been accused of having ties with fascism[9] and neo-Nazism.[15] In October 2022, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) released a report in which it classified the AFP as a "white nationalist" and "anti-immigrant" group.[7]
As of July 2024, the party is only registered for local government elections with the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) as "Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated (Councils)".[16]
- ^ "Australia First Party". aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
- ^ "Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated". aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
- ^ "Mar 1: AFP Federal registration restored". australiafirstparty.net. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017.
- ^ a b McFadden, Alexandra (2023). "Wardens of Civilisation: The Political Ecology of Australian Far-Right Civilisationism". Antipode. 55 (2). Wiley: 548–573. doi:10.1111/anti.12903. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ a b c McSwiney, Jordan (2024). Far-Right Political Parties in Australia: Disorganisation and Electoral Failure. Taylor & Francis. p. 2008. doi:10.4324/9781003413271. ISBN 978-1-003-41327-1. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Rydgren, Jens, ed. (5 February 2018). "32". The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right. Oxford Academic. p. 659. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274559.013.32.
- ^ a b c "Far-Right Hate and Extremist Groups – Australia". globalextremism.org. Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022.
- ^ King, Tom (11 August 2015). "Explainer: Australia's tangled web of far-right political parties". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015.
- ^ a b Watson, Joey (17 January 2019). "A brief history of Nazism in Australia". ABC News.
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- Brook, Benedict (9 May 2019). "Labor's new political ad has been slammed for being racist". News.com.au. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
The head of the right-wing Australia First party has told news.com.au that far from being annoyed at Labor borrowing its name, Mr Shorten could actually have "done us a favour" by "legitimising" his party.
- Chan, Gabrielle (21 November 2017). "Malcolm Roberts says Trump's election 'the beginning of the western spring' – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
Recently the Australian Electoral Commission approved the use of the Eureka flag - which features the Southern Cross - on the logo of right wing party Australia First in NSW.
- "Australia First Party president James Saleam's bid to clear name". The Daily Telegraph. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
Right-wing Australia First Party leader James Saleam claims innocence, court.
- King, Charlotte (20 October 2016). "Australia First unfazed by MP's efforts to protect Eureka flag". ABC News. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
The right-wing Australia First Party says it is unfazed by threats of a private members' bill that would protect the Eureka flag from improper use.
- Aston, Heath (19 August 2013). "WikiLeaks attacked for directing preferences to right-wing parties". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- Brook, Benedict (9 May 2019). "Labor's new political ad has been slammed for being racist". News.com.au. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Crouch, David (2014). Colonial Psychosocial: Reading William Lane. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-1443867559. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Factsheet: Stormfront Downunder". bridge.georgetown.edu. Georgetown University. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Australia First Joins Alliance for Peace and Freedom". australiafirstparty.net. Australia First Party. 11 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021.
- ^ Judd, Bridget (14 April 2016). "Australia First Party's use of Eureka flag angers rebels' descendants in Ballarat". ABC News. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
- ^ Daly, Kristen (4 August 2014). "We Went Inside the Sydney Headquarters of the Extreme-Right Australia First Party". vice.com. Vice.
- ^ "Local government register of political parties". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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