The far-right Australia First Party, which was revealed yesterday seeking to exploit resentment toward the proposed Inverbrackie immigration detention facility by letterboxing a viciously anti-refugee pamphlet, has started publicly identifying “supporters” of the Inverbrackie immigration facility as part of its effort to “mobilize” the people of the Adelaide Hills against asylum seekers.
The party, which stood candidates in Queensland in the recent Federal election, has distributed a pamphlet in the Adelaide Hills that refers to a refugee “invasion” and calls for a “community strike” to ostracise anyone who supports the facility. It claims the Government is “handing over army bases” to “cashed-up ‘asylum seekers'” as part of “recolonization of your land”.
The party attacked Adelaide Hills mayor Bill Spragg on its website after he told the ABC the council was considering taking legal action to prevent further distributions of the material. The party declared “Australia First refuses to bow to intimidation”.
Yesterday it listed a number of individuals whom it declares, without any evidence, “would permit the Inverbrackie refugee processing centre to come into being”. “People in the Adelaide Hills need to be fully aware who stands in the people’s cause and who stands against (for whatever reason) the interest of the Australian People,” the site goes on to declare.
The website, which was hastily set up using free blogging site Blogspot in late October, goes further than the pamphlet.
“The dark terror that will be waged by Moslem extremists, Tamil Tiger guerrillas, Afghan drug criminals, African animists and so on is but a matter of time. It sums to culture busting (the process by which Australian community feeling and identity is broken down) and is also a type of state-terrorism against the Australian population — ethnic cleansing!
“Resistance must become permanent, regardless of what the government does.”
The site promises that refugees would be returned “by force if necessary”.
Controversy has surrounded the Inverbrackie facility since its announcement in October by the Prime Minister and new Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, principally around the lack of consultation with locals. Local MP Jamie Briggs has repeatedly criticised the government for the lack of discussions with the local community prior to the announcement of the facility.
The Australia First website makes a point of berating both major parties rather than just the Government, and bizarrely attacks Briggs for “deceiving the people of the Hills.”
“So much for the Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott election-period spin on deterring ‘asylum seekers’. Stop the boats? No: fly them in! Disused army facilities will be turned over to the parasites.”
The controversy has taken on more sinister overtones in recent days with local businessman David Prince complaining to the media about the threat posed to property, children and “wives” by detainees and the siting of the facility near an Army camp. “The mind just boggles to think what’s in that Army camp that the refugees would love to know about. It’s just a disgrace,” Prince is reported as saying.
There are some really ignorant people in this country.
Then there are the frightened and easily manipulated.
Then there are the racists who exploit ignorance and fear.
wow… what a bunch of horrible people! I would much rather have for my neighbour, an Afghani farming family that has fled war to start a new life in a multicultural free and democratic country, than the nasty folk behind this attack! Put me on the list of people who are pro-asylum seekers!
Even as I write in horror about such unpleasant and selfish Australians, I am reminded that one of the great challanges of democracy is to tolerate the intolerant. The best way to fight people and ideas like this is by education, discussion and open and honest dialogue and debate. The extremists who are most vocal in their racism wont be convinced, (to much pride attached to their stated position) – but the ignorant and fearful can be won over….
Tea Party, anyone? I’ll have mine white – of course! But Australia is not a racist country, oh no. Some of my best friends are cashed-up Tamil culture busters.
Had a quick look at the AFP party website. It looks at though ‘Far Right Party’ does not correctly describe them as suggested in the article. They appear to be protectionist and agrarian socialist to go with their anti-immigration anti-multiculturalism stance. Pretty much like Hanonism and some extremes of the National party, but not ‘Right Wing’.
And these people would be offended if you suggested they didn’t know what they were talking about.
Briggs is contemptible.
Briggs is a contemptible toad, so is Abbott and so is Morrison. Bob Menzies would be spinning in his grave.
Saleem is not even Australian himself and the downward envy of people who have been bombed out of their homes is repugnant.
There is really not much resistance to the centre so long as people are not treated like criminals like they are now.
It beggars bloody belief that 400 white tourists would be greeted with open arms, yet 400 people blasted out of their homes and countries with no choice of their own can be abused by these freaks and lying morons.