Yellow Vest Australia Australian Liberty Alliance (2015–2019) | |
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| Abbreviation | YVA[a] |
| President | Debbie Robinson |
| Founded | 28 July 2015[b] |
| Dissolved | 4 September 2020[3] |
| Headquarters | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Membership (2016) | c. 2,000[4] |
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| Political position | Right-wing[6][13][14] to far-right[15] |
| Party affiliation | Party for Freedom[c] |
| Colours | Blue and Red |
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Yellow Vest Australia (YVA), until 9 April 2019 known as the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), was a minor right-wing to far-right[19] political party in Australia. 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), who was also national president of the Q Society.[21] 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 and stopping public funding for "associations formed around foreign nationalities". They vowed to "stop the Islamisation of Australia".[21] 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...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".[citation needed]
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]
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- ^ Robertson, Joshua (24 July 2015). "Reclaim Australia: 'concerned mums and dads' or a Trojan horse for extremists?". The Guardian.
- ^ "Change of party name, abbreviation and logo – Australian Liberty Alliance" (PDF). aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
- ^ a b "Yellow Vest Australia Voluntary Deregistration" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Wilders-backed ALA won't join Bernardi". Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). 11 April 2017.
- ^ Bachelard, Michael (31 July 2015). "New Aussie anti-Islamic party guns for 20 per cent of the vote". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "The Australian Liberty Alliance and the politics of Islamophobia". The Conversation. 12 March 2014.
- ^ Charis, Chang (26 October 2015). "Is the Australian Liberty Alliance the next One Nation?". news.com.au.
- ^ a b Seccombe, Mike (25 February 2017). "Inside the sick, sad world of the Q Society and the Australian Liberty Alliance". thesaturdaypaper.com.au. The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Anti-halal leader Kirralie Smith joins Cory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Controversial internet personality Avi Yemini trolls Australia Day protesters". news.com.au. 28 January 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.
- ^ Medhora, Shalailah (9 October 2015). "Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders granted a visa for Australia". The Guardian.
- ^ "Geert Wilders calls anti-Islamic ALA 'Australia's first freedom party' – video". The Guardian. 21 October 2015.
- ^ far-right:
- Barrett, Jonathan (23 June 2016). "As election looms, far right targets small town Australia". Reuters. 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. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Jones, Benjamin (12 March 2014). "The Australian Liberty Alliance and the politics of Islamophobia". The Conversation. The Conversation. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Murray, oliver (26 April 2016). "Far-right-wing parties after your vote on election day". Nine. News.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Debbie Robinson 🇦🇺 (@debbie1ala) | Twitter". twitter.com.
- ^ a b "australianlibertyalliance". www.australianlibertyalliance.org.au. Retrieved 8 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
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