One Australia Party

The One Australia Party was a minor Australian political party that was registered on 19 December 1995 and deregistered on 31 May 1999.[http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/oap.htm AEC Registration Record] It contested the 1996 federal election without success. Many of its candidates were drawn from the defunct Confederate Action Party.

Ideology

The One Australia Party was a conservative organisation.{{cite journal |last1=Ozdowski |first1=Sev |date=2014 |title=Australian Multiculturalism: the roots of its success |journal=Promoting Change in Times of Transition and Crisis |publisher=University of Western Sydney |page=14}} The politics of One Australia were based on populism and economic nationalism.{{cite journal |last1=Bosworth |first1= R. J. B. |date=1999 |title=Fascism after the end of history: An introduction |journal=The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=2|doi= 10.1080/10848779908579942 }} 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".{{cite journal |last1=Mihalopoulos |first1=Bill |date=2004 |title=n/a |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=63 |issue=4 |page=1072}} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Ozdowski |first1=Sev |date=2014 |title=Australian Multiculturalism: the roots of its success |journal=Promoting Change in Times of Transition and Crisis |publisher=University of Western Sydney |page=14}} R. J. B. Bosworth notes that “at least some” of the Party's backers held anti-Semitic and anti-Aboriginal sentiments.{{cite journal |last1=Bosworth |first1= R. J. B. |date=1999 |title=Fascism after the end of history: An introduction |journal=The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=6|doi= 10.1080/10848779908579942 }}

Federal parliament

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colspan=5\|House of Representatives
Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won ! +/–
1996 \| 3,159 \| 0.03(#12/15) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|150\|hex=#10C25B}} \| {{increase}} 0

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colspan=5|House of Representatives

Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

! +/–

1996

| 3,159

| 0.03(#12/15)

| {{Composition bar|0|150|hex=#10C25B}}

| {{increase}} 0

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colspan=7\|Senate
Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won ! # of overall seats ! +/– ! Notes
1996 \| 3,638 \| 0.03 (#18/20) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|40\|hex=#10C25B}} \| {{Composition bar\|0\|76\|hex=#10C25B}} \| {{increase}} 0 \|
1998 \| 7,572 \| 0.07 (#20/?) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|40\|hex=#10C25B}} \| {{Composition bar\|0\|76\|hex=#10C25B}} \| {{increase}} 0 \|

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colspan=7|Senate

Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

! # of
overall seats

! +/–

! Notes

1996

| 3,638

| 0.03 (#18/20)