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This article is about the Australian Protectionist Party of 1889-1909. For the current party see Australian Protectionist Party.The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party formally organised from 1889 until 1909 with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in the rural areas of New South Wales.
