The Progressive Conservative Party (PCP) was a

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Australian

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that contested the 1980 federal election. Its stated aims included the reintroduction of the

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, an end to

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n immigration to Australia, the cessation of

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, and higher tax concessions to non-working mothers. Its candidates included the former

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. The party was established in October 1979 by Gordon Hardy, a Perth company director. Its policies were listed by ''

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'' as advocating for a national referendum on Asian immigration to Australia, and a 90 percent cut to foreign aid. In 1981, the PCP merged with the

Australian National Alliance The Australian National Alliance (ANA) was a far-right political party active in Australia from 1978 to 1981. Founded in January 1978, it was one of Australia's earliest anti-Asian immigration parties. The ANA contested the 1979 Grayndler by-elec ...

and the Immigration Control Association to form the Progressive Nationalist Party, which claimed a membership of 1,000.

Federal parliament

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