Fraser Anning

William Fraser Anning (born 14 October 1949) is an Australian former politician who was a senator for Queensland from November 2017 to June 2019. Anning is known for holding far-right, nativist, and anti-Muslim views, and has been criticised for his use of the Nazi euphemism for the Holocaust, when he proposed a plebiscite to be the "Final Solution" to "the immigration problem" in his maiden speech. Anning also generated controversy for his statements shortly after the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand, in which he blamed the attacks on "the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate".

Fraser Anning
Anning in 2018
Leader of the Conservative National Party
In office
2 April 2019  23 September 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Senator for Queensland
In office
10 November 2017  30 June 2019
Preceded byMalcolm Roberts
Succeeded byMalcolm Roberts
Personal details
Born
William Fraser Anning

(1949-10-14) 14 October 1949
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyConservative National (2019–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Occupation
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Branch/service Australian Army Reserve
Years of service1969–1973
Unit49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment

Anning was elected to the Senate after a special recount was triggered by the removal of One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts. Anning chose not to join One Nation in the Senate, sitting instead as an independent until June 2018, when he joined Katter's Australian Party (KAP) as its first senator. Anning was expelled by KAP in October 2018 for his views on race and immigration. Anning sat again as an independent, until registration of Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party was granted in April 2019. He failed to get re-elected to the Senate in the 2019 federal election, when standing under his own party's banner.

White Rose Society and ABC News have detailed the white supremacist links of some of Anning's closest advisers. His companions have included convicted criminals such as Neil Erikson and members of the militant white supremacist group True Blue Crew, whose members and supporters have been linked to right-wing terrorism.

Anning was sought by creditors over unpaid debts in late 2019, and declared bankrupt on 16 March 2020.

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