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May 31, 2009
Scientology's $12m renovation rescue — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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Sharon Labi Source:
Daily Telegraph (Australia) THE Church of Scientology plans to spend $12 million upgrading its Sydney headquarters, but faces a ban on trawling the street outside the building for new recruits. The group's controversial plans include building an extra level on its Castlereagh St premises, and renovating the facade of the heritage building. Neighbours and businesses have objected to the proposed upgrade at Scientology House, citing aggressive recruitment tactics, nuisance, loss of view, extra pollution and heritage concerns. City of Sydney councillors will vote on ...
Apr 30, 2009
[Opposition] leader won't reveal 'fakes' source — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News The South Australian Government is keeping the pressure on Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith to say who gave him fake documents he tried to use against the Premier.
Labor Party leaders say they do not believe any ALP members forged documents to set up Mr Hamilton-Smith.
He has apologised for raising the fake documents in Parliament to claim that the Premier Mike Rann solicited donations from an agency of the Church of Scientology.
SA Transport Minister Pat Conlon says Mr Hamilton-Smith needs ...
Apr 29, 2009
Bolkus threatens to sue over Scientology claim — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News Consultant and former federal minister Nick Bolkus says he is considering taking legal action over accusations that he was involved in payments from the Church of Scientology to the ALP.
South Australia's Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith gave details in State Parliament on Tuesday of emails he said he had received from a Labor Party source.
The emails alleged a $20,000 payment was made to the ALP by a company affiliated with the church.
Mr Bolkus is one of two party members ...
Apr 29, 2009
Martin Hamilton-Smith humiliated by forged 'Labor invoices' — The Advertiser
Type: Press
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Russell Emmerson Source:
The Advertiser OPPOSITION Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith has admitted he used fake documents for a parliamentary attack accusing Premier Mike Rann of corruption.
He apologised to Parliament over his reliance on faked documents linking Mr Rann to a supposed illegal $20,000 donation from an organisation linked to the Church of Scientology.
Mr Hamilton-Smith told Parliament on Tuesday that Mr Rann had a meeting with Applied Scholastics, an education company linked to the Church of Scientology, in Melbourne to smooth the way for "special treatment" ...
Apr 29, 2009
No record of Scientology donation: ALP — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News The South Australian Government says it is considering pressing charges against whoever gave suspected fake documents to the Opposition.
The Liberals told parliament that emails from within the Labor Party indicated that a company associated with the Church of Scientology donated $20,000 to the ALP after a meeting with the Premier.
Some of the emails are alleged to have come from ALP state secretary Michael Brown.
But he says he did not send them and there is no record of any ...
Apr 29, 2009
Scientology email scam dragged into SA Parliament — ABC NewsMore: MP3
Type: Radio
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Nance Haxton Source:
ABC News MARK COLVIN: The Church of Scientology is at the centre of an unholy row in the South Australian Parliament.
The Liberal Opposition claimed in Parliament that it had emails and invoices from a Labor source.
It said these confirmed that Scientology had made a $20,000 donation to the Labor Party, and was getting special favours from the Premier Mike Rann.
But the Labor Party says all the documents are fake and that the Liberals have been duped.
Now the Deputy Premier ...
Apr 10, 2009
Infinite Complacency -- Maureen Bolstad's story I: Early years
Feb 28, 2009
Shrinks in their sights — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
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Kate McClymont Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) COMING to a doctor's surgery near you: a sparky little DVD, saying "psychiatrists occupy the lowest rung of the medical profession", has been dispatched to GPs across Australia.
The DVD says that psychiatrists are money-grubbing quacks who invent diseases so that they can become rich by prescribing drugs. Those evil dudes also kill 3000 people a month by prescribing psychotropic drugs, it says.
While Tom Cruise's comely visage does not feature on the DVD, it is the product of that crazy ...
Feb 4, 2009
World exclusive: scientology alien secret exposed — Seven NetworkMore: Youtube video , FOLLOW-UP
Type: TV
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Bryan Seymour Source:
Seven Network World exclusive: scientology alien secret exposed
* Reporter: Bryan Seymour
* Broadcast Date: February 04, 2009
Scientology has denied for decades that it preaches stories about aliens infecting humankind.
In a world exclusive, Today Tonight has aired founder L Ron Hubbard explaining the story of Xenu the alien.
It's been scientology's most fiercely guarded secret - but not any more.
In this audio tape, the founder of the organisation says: "there is a base on this planet and it so shredded ...
Jan 21, 2009
Scientologists hit out at criticism — Canberra Times (Australia)
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Jano Gibson Source:
Canberra Times (Australia) THE Church of Scientology has appealed for religious tolerance after its $12 million bid to redevelop its Sydney headquarters sparked fears from neighbours of an increase in "menacing" and "aggressive" recruitment tactics.
The church has sought approval from the City of Sydney to add two floors to its five-storey building, Scientology House, on Castlereagh Street. The increased floor space would help turn the building into an "Ideal Org", the name Scientologists give to their most significant churches.
But almost 150 people ...
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