Bob Briton resigned as general secretary of the CPA in March 2019. Briton came into conflict with the central committee (CC) due to ideological differences between himself and others on the central committee, being accused of taking a defeatist position. This accusation was made after Briton attempted to work with the youth outside restrictive party structures which in effect hadn't maintained a youth wing in decades . Briton deleted most of the party's social media outlets in response. Briton split the party and formed the Australian Communist Party alongside other former members.