Extremist or Not...

When we think about the term extremist we normally think about groups such as terrorists who are inflicting harm on the world but what does not come to mind is The Australian First Party which is a website created for the Australian community with its main goal to protect Australians and their jobs for the future.

When I first logged onto the Australian First Party webpage I was quite shocked and worried with what it had to say and what it was saying about Australia as a Nation. The Australian First Party as mentioned on the website emerged in ‘mid 1996 in response to community demands to rebuilt and support Australian industry and provide satisfying secure and productive employment for Australian’s’.

When I first glanced at the Australian First homepage I was confronted with the “eight core policies of the Australian first party”. Statements in the policies such as “reduce and limit immigration, mistakes can be long term”, “Abolish multiculturalism” “Strive to rebuild a united Australia”, “strengthen the family, promote policies that strengthen and protect the traditional family” These statements came to my attention instantly and to be quite honest shocked and appalled me that such a sight has the right to represent the Australian people and to put our flag on its website because I certainly don’t agree with many of the policies they have outlined.

With such a website representing Australia can this been seen as an extremist group?

Some may say yes, The Australian First Party is definitely an extremist group with its strict policies being targeted at Australians and Australians only, however you could also argue that the Australian First Party is only trying to protect Australians and offer them Australian job opportunities before foreigners. But is this fair?

In my opinion I can see how Australians are worried about themselves and family members not having the opportunity of choosing jobs or even getting a job after school however is it fair that we welcome multiculturalism however do not want them to apply for our jobs before us?

No, to state the obvious it is not fair that we are creating such a website that comes across as anti immigration especially when we encourage people from overseas to come and educate themselves in our country however have limited jobs for not only them, Australians as well. The system is clearly not organised and not working appropriately causing such websites and groups to be created by the community and to be supported by much of the community.

So the question is... Is the Australian First Party a positive attribute to Australia? Does it give Australia as a country a bad reputation?