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Rise Up Australia Party
LeaderDaniel Nalliah
Founded11 February 2013
Headquarters23 Melverton Drive, Hallam, Victoria, 3803
IdeologySocial conservatism, Family values, Anti-Islam
Political positionRight-wing
ColoursRed   White   Blue  
House of Representatives
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Senate
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Website
riseupaustraliaparty.com

Rise Up Australia Party is a socially conservative political party in Australia. The party's policy platform is focused on nationalist and christian conservative issues, such opposing the spread of Islamic doctrine in Australia and opposition to same-sex equality. The party was started by Danny Nalliah and operates under the tagline "Keep Australia Australian".

History

After a previously unsuccessful campaign in politics, on 22 June 2011 Nalliah launched Rise Up Australia.[1] The launch date was picked as it was the anniversary of Nalliah's successful case in the Supreme Court. The youth leader of the Party is a former Miss Teen Australia.[2] The party was launched with the help of Christopher Monckton, with Nalliah to run for a senate seat in 2013. [3] Nalliah has declared Prime Minister Julia Gillard a heathen "living in sin" and former Greens leader Bob Brown an "openly practising homosexual" and said that he felt sick to the stomach watching them shake hands.[4]

The party leader Nalliah also claims that he has divine powers and has resurrected 3 dead people, and that God has spoken to him on several occasions.[5]

Party policies

Aims of the party include opposition to multiculturalism, preserving Australia's "Judeo-Christian heritage" and cuts to Australia’s "Muslim intake", as well as the protection of freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. The party has an extreme anti-Islamic platform, and has even been closely affiliated with the far-right radical organisation, the Australia Defence League, with the Rise up Australia President & ADL President attending party meetings and rallies together.[6]

Following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria which claimed 173 lives,[7] Nalliah avowed to have been party to "a flash from the Spirit of God: that His conditional protection has been removed from the nation of Australia, in particular Victoria, for approving the slaughter of innocent children in the womb."[8] Similarly he has also linked the catastrophic 2010–2011 Queensland floods to remarks Kevin Rudd made about Israel, Nalliah declared on his website "...at once I was reminded of Kevin Rudd speaking against Israel in Israel on 14th December 2010. It is very interesting that Kevin Rudd is from QLD. Is God trying to get our attention? Yes, I believe so."[9]

The party voices support for the state of Israel stating in their policy platform "[we]support the right of the State of Israel to exist within secure and defensible borders, and with Jerusalem as its undivided capital"[10]

In a 2011 interview with Perth's "Out in Perth", Nalliah stated that homosexuals can be turned back to heterosexual relationships through education and through Christ. "As a political party, while we love the homosexual community and want to get to know them better, we also have a stand where we say, children need to be protected. We would love to see every man and women come together, there's a time in life when you do things, and maybe you feel yes you are locked into an agenda.... [our position] is that homosexuality is not OK". And later on stated "Children should not be exposed to [public displays of homosexual affection] and other practices that go beyond morality."[11] Furthermore the party also states that there will be a "homosexual marriage onslaught in public schools across the state" if same sex legislation is passed.[12]

The Rise Up Australia Party's energy policy also claims that currently Australia's coal fired power stations don't produce any traceable CO2 emissions and that they're 99.99% energy efficient. they have plans to repeal the carbon tax if elected[13]

The Rise Up Australia Party also plans an overhaul of Australia's media content laws by restricting immoral content which their website describes as being "gratuitous violent and socially-degenerating themes".[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Keep Australia Australian! - Rise Up Australia Party
  2. ^ "Rise up Australia: Lord Monckton and Daniel Nalliah". Crikey. November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Hayden Cooper (11/02/2013). "Australia's newest political party courts controversial speaker". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Tory Shepherd. "New political party Rise Up Australia wants 'Muslim intake' cuts". The Advertiser (Adelaide).
  5. ^ Australia's newest political party courts controversial speaker. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. February 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Manifesto – Rise Up Australia Party
  7. ^ [1], Black Saturday ABC online feature.
  8. ^ [2], "Pastor's abortion dream inflames bushfire tragedy," the Sydney Morning Herald, 11 February 2009
  9. ^ http://catchthefire.com.au/2011/01/are-the-qld-floods-the-result-of-kevin-rudd-speaking-against-israel/
  10. ^ a b http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=18
  11. ^ [3], Rise Up Australia website, 28 June 2011
  12. ^ http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=1599
  13. ^ http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=858
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