The National Front had had a very successful recruitment campaign in Canberra, a spokesman for the front said yesterday.
“”We now have hundreds of people here,” he said. “”They range from Members of Parliament, to executive officers to bricklayers and garbage collectors.”
The front put an advertisement in üThe Canberra Times last Saturday seeking membership.
The front would not be standing candidates in the next election, the spokesman said. It was more a movement than a political party. It had what he called some idealistic views. It did not believe in mixing the races. When asked whether this meant laws against mixed marriages and laws on separation in housing and the workforce, he said that when the front came to power it would not be a dictatorship. There would be no laws, but persuasion.
“”The front is against homosexuality,” he said. “”Including in marriages and the defence force. There should be some sort of national service. People on unemployment should do two or three days community service and they should be investigated after two years to stop the professionally unemployed.”
He said the front had thousands of members in Australia. When asked about more precise national and Canberra figures, he said, “”We don’t give out exact numbers.”
The advertisement gave the front’s address as PO Box 4, Watson, ACT, 2602.