Australians Against Further Immigration

Political party

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
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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]

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

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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

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* Far-right politics in Australia
* Kiwis Against Further Immigration

## References

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1. ^ "Anti-immigrants with a green tinge". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
2. ^ "Document – 'Manifesto', Australians Against Further Immigration, circa 1990". Museums Victoria Collections.
3. ^ a b Lyle Allan (1994), 'Immigration and the Werriwa By-Election,' in People and Place, Vol.2, No.1, p.55
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "Media Release 2006: Deregistration of Australians Against Further Immigration". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
6. ^ fightdemback.org Archived April 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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