Its stated aims included the reintroduction of the White Australia Policy, an end to Asian immigration to Australia, the cessation of foreign aid, and higher tax concessions to non-working mothers.
[1] Its candidates included the former independent Western Australian senator, Syd Negus.
The party was established in October 1979 by Gordon Hardy, a Perth company director.
Its policies were listed by The Canberra Times as advocating for a national referendum on Asian immigration to Australia, and a 90 percent cut to foreign aid.
[2] In 1981, the PCP merged with the Australian National Alliance and the Immigration Control Association to form the Progressive Nationalist Party, which claimed a membership of 1,000.