Australian Liberty Alliance Yellow Vest Australia (2019–2020) | |
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| President | Debbie Robinson |
| Founded | 28 July 2015[a] |
| Dissolved | 4 September 2020[3] |
| Headquarters | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Membership (2016) | 2,000[4] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[6][13][14] to far-right[15] |
| Party affiliation | Party for Freedom[b] |
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| australianlibertyalliance.org.au | |
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| Far-right politics in Australia |
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Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), briefly known as the Yellow Vest Australia (YVA) between 2019 and 2020, was a minor right-wing to far-right political party in Australia.[19] The party was founded by members of the Q Society and has been described as the political wing of Q Society.[20] The leader was Debbie Robinson (President),[21] who was also national president of the Q Society.[22] On 4 September 2020, the Australian Electoral Commission removed the Yellow Vest Australia from the registered political party list.[3]
The party's core policy was opposition to Islam, with policies focusing on Muslim immigration such as enforcing "integration over separation", replacing multiculturalism with an integrated multi-ethnic society[23] and stopping public funding for "associations formed around foreign nationalities".[24] They vowed to "stop the Islamisation of Australia".[25] Party president Debbie Robinson has made a number of Islam-critical statements including that Islam is "a totalitarian ideology that does not separate its law from its religious entity" and that "Slowly but surely our Judeo-Christian values, ethics and customs are being replaced" and warned that "If we continue to tolerate Islam without understanding it, Australia as a free, secular democracy will be lost".[10][26][27]
Other policies included promoting smaller government, privatising public broadcaster SBS and scaling down the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, opposing taxpayer-funded subsidies for renewable energy, promoting advanced nuclear energy, ending dual citizenship for new citizenship applicants, simplifying the tax system with less income tax and a stronger focus on GST, improving public healthcare by more efficient cooperation with the private healthcare sector, advancing the 'natural family', and restoring civil society.[citation needed]
- ^ Robertson, Joshua (24 July 2015). "Reclaim Australia: 'concerned mums and dads' or a Trojan horse for extremists?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Change of party name, abbreviation and logo – Australian Liberty Alliance" (PDF). aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Yellow Vest Australia Voluntary Deregistration" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b Bourke, Latika (7 April 2016). "Australian Liberty Alliance, the anti-Islam, Donald Trump-style party, claims major growth". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Barrett, Jonathan (26 October 2015). "Christian MP Fred Nile to work with anti-Islamic party inspired by Geert Wilders". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Wilders-backed ALA won't join Bernardi". Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024.
- ^ Bachelard, Michael (31 July 2015). "New Aussie anti-Islamic party guns for 20 per cent of the vote". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022.
- ^ "The Australian Liberty Alliance and the politics of Islamophobia". The Conversation. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
- ^ Charis, Chang (26 October 2015). "Is the Australian Liberty Alliance the next One Nation?". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Seccombe-2017was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Stop the Islamisation of Australia". australianlibertyalliance.org.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.
- ^ Day, Lauren (21 October 2015). "Australian Liberty Alliance: Geert Wilders unveils Senate candidates amid warnings over 'blatant racism'". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Anti-halal leader Kirralie Smith joins Cory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Controversial internet personality Avi Yemini trolls Australia Day protesters". news.com.au. 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Le Grand, Chip (26 September 2015). "Disgruntled Liberals explore far-right party options". The Australian.
- ^ "Controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders in Perth to launch anti-Islam party". ABC News. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022.
- ^ Medhora, Shalailah (9 October 2015). "Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders granted a visa for Australia". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Geert Wilders calls anti-Islamic ALA 'Australia's first freedom party' – video". The Guardian. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024.
- ^ far-right:
- Barrett, Jonathan (23 June 2016). "As election looms, far right targets small town Australia". Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Le Grand, Chip (26 September 2015). "Disgruntled Liberals explore far-right party options". News International. The Australian. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Barrett, Jonathan (26 October 2015). "Christian MP Fred Nile to work with anti-Islamic party inspired by Geert Wilders". Nine. Financial Review. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Jones, Benjamin (12 March 2014). "The Australian Liberty Alliance and the politics of Islamophobia". The Conversation. The Conversation. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Murray, oliver (26 April 2016). "Far-right-wing parties after your vote on election day". Nine. News.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Debbie Robinson 🇦🇺 (@debbie1ala) | Twitter". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Australian Liberty Alliance. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ABC-2015was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Australian Liberty Alliance". Australian Liberty Alliance. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Manifesto and Core Policies" (PDF) (2nd ed.). Wembley, WA, Australia: Australian Liberty Alliance Management Pty Ltd. November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Stop the Islamisation". Australian Liberty Alliance. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Q on: Why We Oppose Islam for Australia" (PDF). Q Society of Australia. 2 March 2011. Form Q11025R2 – Q Opposing Islam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Why We Oppose Islam: So much more than just another religion". Q Society of Australia Inc - Australia's Leading Islam-critical Organisation. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013.
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