Australians Against Further Immigration

Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) was a far-right Australian political party founded by radiologist Rodney Spencer and his wife Robyn. The party described itself as "eco-nationalist",^[1] was opposed to mass immigration and aimed for zero net migration.^[2]

FounderRodney Spencer
Robyn Spencer

Founded1989; 37 years ago (1989)

Dissolved2008; 18 years ago (2008)

IdeologyAustralian nationalism
Right-wing populism
Anti-immigration

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Australians Against Further Immigration
Founder	Rodney Spencer Robyn Spencer
Founded	1989; 37 years ago (1989)
Dissolved	2008; 18 years ago (2008)
Ideology	Australian nationalism Right-wing populism Anti-immigration
Political position	Far-right

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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]