Love Australia or Leave was a far-right

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. The party was founded by Kim Vuga, who is still the head. The party platform includes opposition to mass immigration and

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, and support of Australia leaving the

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. The party was founded in 2016 by Kim Vuga who had appeared in a television documentary in 2015 called ''

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'' which sought to expose ordinary Australians to the situations faced by refugees and asylum seekers. The party was registered in October 2016. Its founder Kim Vuga unsuccessfully stood for election in the federal election in July 2016 as an independent candidate to represent

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in the Australian Senate. She used the slogan "Love Australia or Leave" which has become the name of her party. It intended to be registered and stand candidates in the

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, but did not field any candidates at that election. In 2017, Kim Vuga along with other far-right groups falsely circulated the claim that Australia's first female Muslim MP, Dr Anne Aly had refused to lay a wreath at an Anzac Day ceremony in Perth. Dr Aly stated it was obvious why she was being targeted by the group. Kim later apologised via Facebook for spreading the rumour. The party ran candidates at the

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: one for the lower house seat of Fisher, two Senate candidates (Vuga and Gavin Wyatt) in Queensland, and one ungrouped Senate candidate in each of New South Wales and Tasmania. The party was de-registered on 12 January 2022 by the

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for failing to meet the increased registration requirement of 1500 members.

Federal parliament

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* Defunct political parties in Australia Australian nationalist parties Anti-immigration politics in Australia Criticism of multiculturalism Anti-Islam sentiment in Australia Australian nationalism Far-right political parties in Australia {{Australia-party-stub