Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) was a

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founded by

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Rodney Spencer and his wife Robyn, the parents of actor

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. The party described itself as " eco-nationalist", was opposed to mass immigration and aimed for zero net migration. 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

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and from the

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.Lyle Allan (1994), 'Immigration and the Werriwa By-Election,' in ''People and Place'', Vol.2, No.1, p.55 In 1994,

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, then a

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member of the

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, denounced the party in the

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parliament. In by-elections in Mackellar and

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(safe Liberal seats on the

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of Sydney) in 1994, Labor MP Graeme Campbell urged electors to vote for Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI). The party was deregistered by the

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in December 2005, as lacking the minimum 500 members required to be registered as a political party. It contested the

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, but was also deregistered at the state level not long after.fightdemback.org

Federal parliament

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Federal parliament

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