Rise Up Australia Party

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The '''Rise Up Australia Party''' is a [[right wing]], [[xenophobia|xenophobic]], [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]], and all around batshit-insane Australian political party.<ref>Adelaide Now: [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/new-political-party-rise-up-australia-wants-muslim-intake-cuts/story-fndo1gb8-1226575716789 New political party Rise Up Australia wants 'Muslim intake' cuts] 11 February 2013 (As usual, don't read the comments)</ref> Ironically, it is led by Sri Lankan-born preacher Daniel Nalliah and associates itself with [[Christopher Monckton]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3688054.htm Australia's newest political party courts controversial speaker - ABC 7:30]</ref>

The Rise Up Australia Party is the political wing of Nalliah's [[cult]], [http://catchthefire.com.au/ "Catch The Fire Ministries"]. Another (presumably not evil) group, [http://www.ctfmelbourne.com/ "Catch The Fire Melbourne"], has a large notice on their front page denying any involvement with Nalliah and explaining that they are part of the broader, Canadian-based "Catch The Fire" philosophy. Kind of like how the [[Baptist]] Church is entirely unrelated to the [[Westboro Baptist Church]].

==Policy==

The party believes in "the minimum (amount of taxation) required to achieve justice and efficient administration" and "socialism is to be avoided".  It is currently unknown how they define "the minimum".<ref>Rise Up Australia Party: [http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=14 Manifesto]</ref> The party's energy policy is a blend of [[Global Warming denialism]] and insistence that coal power is [[Clean coal|"clean"]]. The source of these views could be seen to involve Nalliah's [[Creationism|creationist]] views and the amount of coal that Australia possesses and is currently mining.<ref>Rise Up Australia Party: [http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=858 Energy Policy (Under Construction)]</ref> The party is also a strong advocate of what it calls freedom of speech. Attempting to tap into the current Australian discontent with Parliament, they state that they would actually agree with good policy. The only problem is that they most likely don't like what average Australians think is good policy.<ref>Rise Up Australia Party: [http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=1037 Freedom of Speech]</ref> The RUAP believes that the main goal of Muslims in Australia is to establish [[Sharia|Sharia law]] there. While they "love the Muslim people" they are opposed to their texts and doctrine.<ref>Rise Up Australia Party: [http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=1220 Islamic Issues]</ref> Their dislike of [[Islam]] comes from the party's apparent push to curtail the "inalienable human right to pursue prosperity, happiness and freedom..." Of course, if you happen to be someone who is desperate enough to try and get to Australia and pursue said things, they will then turn you around and/or let your boat sink.<ref>Rise Up Australia Party: [http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=1291 Immigration-Boats]</ref> Never mind that Nalliah is from Sri Lanka [[Irony|where many asylum seekers come to Australia from]]. The rest of their political positions are the [[Stereotype|stereotypical]] [[wingnut]] positions.

==Pastor Nalliah== 
Pastor Daniel Nalliah has created some public reaction due to controversial statements he has made in recent times. In 2009, he claimed that bushfires in the state of Victoria were divine retribution for the state's laws concerning [[abortion]]. He has also accused the Australian Parliament of being controlled by [[Satan]] and under the spell of witchcraft after a "black mass altar" was allegedly discovered near Parliament House in Canberra.<ref>http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/evil-spells-are-being-cast-on-parliament/story-e6frfku9-1225785756941</ref>

A left-wing blog source stated that Nalliah has claimed to have the capabilities to heal the deaf, dumb and blind, and also claimed to have brought two people back from the dead.<ref>https://antifascistactionsydney.wordpress.com/category/danny-nalliah/</ref>

Nalliah has also promoted the criminalisation of homosexuality<ref>https://antifascistactionsydney.wordpress.com/category/danny-nalliah/</ref> and at one stage advocated gay conversion therapy.<ref>http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/media/out%20in%20perth%2028-06-2011.mp3</ref>

Nalliah was also affiliated with Reclaim Australia and attended three Reclaim Australia/UPF rallies in 2015 in both Melbourne and Sydney.

==Scott Moerland==
Arguably the party's most prominent spokesperson apart from Nalliah is Scott Moerland. Moerland, a former soldier, served in the Australian military and fought in conflicts in both [[Iraq]] and [[Timor-Leste]]. Moerland has claimed that the major Australian parties have forgotten the needs and desires of the  Australian people, which prompted him to join Rise Up Australia.<ref>http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/?page_id=2516</ref> Moerland is also strongly anti-Islamic and has claimed to have studied Islam for many years. He has produced a series of YouTube videos that have offered both legitimate and just plain batshit-nutty (and often profanity-laced) criticisms of the religion and its relation with the Left who he erroneously believes is supportive of the ideology.  

Moerland was also a spokesperson for Reclaim Australia, and he attended both the April and July rallies in Brisbane. At the April rally, he gave a forty-minute speech denouncing Islam. At the July rally, he personally condemned left-wing counter-protesters during a speech, verbally abusing them and also accusing them of treason.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKUpKRM3teE</ref>

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