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The One Australia Party was a minor Australian political party that was registered on 19 December 1995 and deregistered on 31 May 1999. [1] It contested the 1996 federal election without success. Many of its candidates were drawn from the defunct Confederate Action Party.

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Ideology

The One Australia Party was a conservative organisation. [2] The politics of One Australia were based on populism and economic nationalism. [3] One Australia has been accused of holding racism as one of its key ideologies, along with those mentioned above. The agenda of the One Australia Party was said to be “openly racist". [4] Dr. Sev Ozdowski cites One Nation founder Pauline Hanson’s maiden speech to parliament to support the claim that One Australia held anti-Asian sentiments. [5] R. J. B. Bosworth notes that “at least some” of the Party's backers held anti-Semitic and anti-Aboriginal sentiments. [6]

Federal parliament

House of Representatives
Election year# of
overall votes
 % of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
+/–
1996 3,1590.03(#12/15)
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Senate
Election year# of
overall votes
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overall vote
# of
overall seats won
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overall seats
+/–Notes
1996 3,6380.03 (#18/20)
0 / 40
0 / 76
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1998 7,5720.07 (#20/?)
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References

  1. AEC Registration Record
  2. Ozdowski, Sev (2014). "Australian Multiculturalism: the roots of its success". Promoting Change in Times of Transition and Crisis. University of Western Sydney: 14.
  3. Bosworth, R. J. B. (1999). "Fascism after the end of history: An introduction". The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms. 4 (1): 2. doi:10.1080/10848779908579942.
  4. Mihalopoulos, Bill (2004). "n/a". The Journal of Asian Studies. 63 (4): 1072.
  5. Ozdowski, Sev (2014). "Australian Multiculturalism: the roots of its success". Promoting Change in Times of Transition and Crisis. University of Western Sydney: 14.
  6. Bosworth, R. J. B. (1999). "Fascism after the end of history: An introduction". The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms. 4 (1): 6. doi:10.1080/10848779908579942.