National Action

National Action is an Australian political party that is said to be on the far-right of the political spectrum. It has no representatives in any Australian parliament, at either state or national level.

Some of its policies include the deportation of asylum seekers and the total ending of Aboriginal native title. For this reason, National Action has been alleged to be racist and xenophobic. National Action has also espoused theories that a New World Order is taking over the world and must be stopped. They have also been accused of being a neo-nazi party.

It reached the peak of its popularity in the 1980s, and its impact on the Australian political scene has diminished since.

In the mid-1990s, the success of the right wing One Nation Party led many National Action members to join One Nation with the aim of implementing a broad far-right, anti-immigration party. The subsequent implosion of One Nation stymied this plan.

In recent years, attempts have been made to resurrect the party, but have seemed to have little impact. However, in February 2004, they succeeded in removing the principal of a Sydney high school, after they picketed the school in protest at alleged attacks on Caucasian students by Asian gangs. Similar attempts were made at an Adelaide high school, but the principal stayed firm and the allegations were proven to be hoaxes.

National Action founder David Greason's book I was a Teenage Fascist tells of his time within the Australian neo-Nazi movement and the events behind his founding of National Action.

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