Australia First Party
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Australia First Party
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| Leader | Dr Jim Saleam |
| Deputy Leader | Peter Schuback |
| Founder | Graeme Campbell |
| Founded | June 1996 |
| Preceded by | Australian Conservative Party |
| Headquarters | Tempe, NSW 2044 |
| Newspaper | Audacity |
| Youth wing |
Patriotic Youth League (2002–06) Eureka Youth League (2010–present) |
| Ideology |
Australian nationalism Anti-multiculturalism Anti-immigration Economic nationalism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Far-Right |
| National affiliation | Minor Party Alliance |
| Colours | Blue |
| Slogan | Restoring Nationhood and Wealth for Australians |
| House of Representatives |
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| Senate |
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The Australia First Party (AFP) is a far-right political party of Australia. The party is led by Jim Saleam. Saleam is the Chairman of the party in New South Wales and plays a major role in the party on a national scale. The policies of Australia First have been described as nationalistic, anti-multicultural and economic protectionist.
The first mention of the party's name and attempt to form was by the Australian Conservative Party which tried to reform under "Australian Conservative Alliance" also known as Australia First Party in 1995, but was unsuccessful.
The Australia First Party was founded in June 1996 by Graeme Campbell and registered as political party by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 13 September 1996. Campbell was a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, from 1980 until he was expelled from the party in November 1995. Campbell had become increasingly critical of the policies of the Labor government of Paul Keating, particularly in matters relating to economic deregulation, Aboriginal land rights, and multiculturalism.
The AFP was overshadowed by the appearance in 1997 of One Nation, a rival populist party led by an independent MP, Pauline Hanson.
Following Campbell's resignation in June 2001, Diane Teasdale became the national president of the Australia First Party, but at the national level the party had not been very active 2001–2004 (it did not contest the 2001 election).
In 2002, a new AFP branch was formed in Sydney. The Secretary of the Sydney Branch was Jim Saleam, a stalwart of the Australian far right who was convicted of organising a shotgun attack on the home of a local representative of the African National Congress in the late 1980s. Saleam has maintained his innocence of the charge, claiming he was framed by politicised police, and his legal defence has been published on the internet.
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