The CLA was a registered political party with the Australian Electoral Commission from 2001 to 2005, despite an unsuccessful attempt by the ALP to prevent its registration on the grounds its name was intended to mislead voters.
The CLA was founded in April 2000 as a joint venture of two LaRouchite organisations, the Citizens Electoral Council (CEC) and the Municipal Employees Union of Western Australia (MEU).
[1] The B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission of Australia assessed the CLA as a front for the CEC and issued warnings about the wider LaRouche movement's association with antisemitic conspiracy theories.
[6] Writing for the Australian Jewish News, Alan Gold and Benseon Apple described the CLA as "an attempt by the CEC to gain political respectability, disguise its racist agenda and appeal to a broader audience of traditional ALP voters".
[7] The CLA fielded twelve candidates in Legislative Assembly seats at the 2001 Western Australian state election, winning 0.40 percent of the statewide vote.