Australians Against Further Immigration

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Australians Against Further Immigration is an Australian political party who are against positive net immigration. Founded in 1989 and registered in 1990, they describe themselves as eco-nationalist, and claim that immigration is harmful to the environment and the existing population of Australia.

They have regularly stood candidates at both state and federal level, but have never won a seat. The party has been criticised by opponents as being racist, with links to the Australian League of Rights. In 1994, the outspoken MLC Franca Arena denounced them in the New South Wales parliament, quoting a AAFI candidate who had said “My policy on refugees and illegals is to reopen the second Yallah meatworks, creating up to 500 local jobs, and convert them to blood and bone.”

The party was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in December, 2005, after failing to prove that it still met the minimum required members in order to be registered as a political party.

References

• [AAFI homepage]
• [Hansard record of Franca Arena's speech]

 

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