The Australia First Party (AFP) is a minor far-right political party in Australia that is federally registered and is also registered to contest local elections in New South Wales. The Party is led by Jim Saleam. Saleam is the Chairman of the Party in New South Wales but plays a major role in the Party on a national scale. The Party's policies are said to be based on old-fashioned Labor Party values that were allegedly abandoned by the Australian Labor Party in the early 1970s. The policies of Australia First can be described as nationalistic, anti-multicultural and economic protectionist.
The Party has two elected representatives in all levels of government in Australia: Bruce Preece is a Councillor for the St John's Wood Ward of the City of Prospect, in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, elected in 2006; and Maurice Girotto is a Councillor in the East Ward for Penrith Council, in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, elected in 2012.
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