Australian Family Party | |
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| Founder | Bob Day |
| Founded | 28 October 2020 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
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| australianfamilyparty.org.au | |
The Australian Family Party is a right-wing political party that has been registered in South Australia since 2021. It was founded by Bob Day, who served in the Australian Senate from 2014 until 2016 as a member of Family First. At the 2022 state election, it fielded six candidates in the lower house, winning 0.28% of the vote, and two candidates in the upper house, winning 0.86% of the vote.
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Bob Day launched the party on 28 October 2020 to "counter the insidious influence of the Greens and the disappointment of the major parties". [1] [2] The party was registered by the Electoral Commission of South Australia on 11 November 2021. [3] The party has campaigned in favour of the abolition of labour law, [4] increased military self-reliance, [5] federalism, [6] closer ties with Israel, [7] nuclear power, [8] increased regulation of foreign ownership of farming land, [9] decreased government spending, [10] small government, a flat tax system, [11] and free trade. [12] It has also campaigned against renewable energy, [13] vaccine mandates, [14] pornography, abortion, surrogacy, euthanasia, prostitution, human cloning, stem cell research, [15] and same-sex marriage, [16]
