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Not all grievances are created equal in politics — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
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Mark Davis Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) When allegations emerged that shonky insulation installers operating under the Federal Government's home insulation program had exposed householders to the risk of fires and workers to injury or death, the Liberal and National Parties promptly referred the matter to a Senate inquiry. And when trade unions claimed that Australia Post was cutting its workers compensation costs by using company doctors to force injured employees back to work prematurely, the Labor Party was more than willing to ask a Senate committee to ...
Mar 18, 2010
Scientology inquiry fails again — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Emma Rodgers Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News The Government and Opposition have again blocked Independent Senator Nick Xenophon's moves for a Senate inquiry into the Church of Scientology. But the failed motion has not deterred Senator Xenophon's desire to probe the church's activities and he will move another motion when Parliament sits in May. Senator Xenophon wanted the Senate to examine whether the criminal code is adequate to deal with allegations of abuse and harassment made by former church members. He also wanted the inquiry to consider the ...
Mar 17, 2010
Ex-Scientologist 'pressured' to have abortions — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News A woman who claims she was pressured by Scientologists to have two abortions has urged the Prime Minister to support an inquiry into the church. Janette Lang was a member of the Church of Scientology for 13 years from when she was 20 years old. She says she has been damaged by her involvement with the church and some years worked for a pay of just $2,000. Speaking at Parliament House in Canberra today, Ms Lang says she was pressured to ...
Mar 17, 2010
Ex-Scientologist coerced abortion claims — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gabrielle Dunlevy Source:
Daily Telegraph (Australia) A CANBERRA woman has given a tearful account of how the Church of Scientology coerced her to have two abortions, as a fresh attempt was being made for a Senate inquiry into the organisation. Senator Nick Xenophon's effort to get an upper house inquiry into the tax-free status of religious groups, including Scientology, failed last week, when both Labor and the Coalition voted against it. The Senate on Thursday will vote on an inquiry with revised terms - looking at alleged ...
Mar 14, 2010
Sunday Night: Scientology unmasked — Channel 7 (Australia)
Mar 13, 2010
Xenophon ramps up anti-Scientology crusade — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tim Leslie Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News Crusading Senator Nick Xenophon has continued to pressure the Government to crack down on The Church of Scientology, addressing an anti-cult conference in Brisbane today. [Picture: / Caption: "Senator Nick Xenophon says the Government and Opposition are hiding behind process in blocking an inquiry into The Church of Scientology. (ABC: Tim Leslie)"] Speaking at the the Cult Information and Family Support Group Queensland Conference, Senator Xenophon slammed the Government and the Opposition for their cowardice in not supporting his motion to ...
Mar 13, 2010
Xenophon vows to pursue 'cults' — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Bachelard Source:
The Age (Australia) Nick Xenophon will re-write and re-submit his motion for a parliamentary inquiry into Scientology and similar organisations after the South Australian senator declared himself a “stubborn bastard” who would not give up on cult victims. Both major parties voted to defeat Senator Xenophon's motion last Thursday to inquire into introducing a public benefit test before religions could claim a tax exemption. But he said he had been encouraged by conversations with some Coalition MPs since the vote to believe they might ...
Mar 12, 2010
Xenophon pushes for Scientology inquiry — The Age (Australia)
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The Age (Australia) Independent senator Nick Xenophon plans to make a fresh bid for a Senate inquiry into Scientology. Labor and coalition senators this week joined forces to vote against Senator Xenophon's motion to launch an inquiry into the tax-free status of religious groups and whether they should be subjected to a British-style public benefit test. But the South Australian senator, who will address a forum on cults in Brisbane on Saturday, said he planned to make another bid for an inquiry when the ...
Mar 11, 2010
Scientology inquiry blocked in Senate — The Age (Australia)
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The Age (Australia) Labor and the coalition have been accused of walking away from claims of abuse in the Church of Scientology, by blocking a Senate investigation into the tax-free status of religious groups. Independent senator Nick Xenophon on Thursday failed to win sufficient support for an inquiry into whether church groups should be subjected to a public benefit test, like that in the UK. His move was prompted by complaints from former members of the Church of Scientology, and "hundreds" more allegations since ...
Mar 11, 2010
Today Tonight: No inquiry — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube
Mar 10, 2010
Scientology puts lives at risk, says Australian of Year — The Age (Australia)
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The Age (Australia) Australian of the Year Pat McGorry has backed calls for a Senate inquiry into Scientology, saying its views on mental health are putting lives at risk. "They are the deniers of the realities of mental illness, which I find incredibly irresponsible and dangerous," he told ABC Radio this morning. The renowned mental health expert has joined psychiatry boss Louise Newman and the Brain and Mind Institute's Ian Hickie in urging senators to vote for an inquiry. The Senate is expected to ...
Mar 9, 2010
Scientology under siege — Channel 9 (aka ninemsn) (Australia)
Mar 8, 2010
Four Corners: Scientology: The Ex-Files — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Type: TV
Author(s):
Quentin McDermott Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News Reporter Quentin McDermott talks to men and women who were members of an elite unit inside the Church in Australia and the United States. They explain why they joined, how they worked tirelessly for Scientology, and how, in some cases, they were pressured, and pressured others, to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Church. Some of them describe the separation from relatives that occurs when they were expelled from the Church. They also describe how they worked long ...
Feb 23, 2010
Scientology follow-up / Scientology's top spin doctor has come out swinging against Senator Nick Xenophon — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube
Feb 22, 2010
Scientology / Today Tonight goes behind the closely guarded walls of Scientology's celebrity headquarters — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube part 1 , Youtube part 2
Feb 18, 2010
The Senate lends Scientology a helping hand — Crikey (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bernard Keane Source:
Crikey (Australia) Last week, the Senate Privileges Committee permitted the Church of Scientology to respond in Hansard to issues raised by Senator Nick Xenophon in November last year. The Scientologists promptly issued a press release declaring they had responded to Xenophon “in Parliament”, as if they had some sort of elected status. In allowing the Scientologist response into Hansard , the Privileges Committee has allowed itself to be made party to an attack on individuals who were brave enough to raise their treatment at ...
Feb 6, 2010
Church challenged to inquiry — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Feb 4, 2010
AVO for anti-Scientologist crusader — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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Daily Telegraph (Australia) A SCIENTOLOGIST has launched private legal action to prevent a former member coming anywhere near her and the Church, with bizarre claims of harassment and intimidation. But Aaron Saxton, an outspoken anti-Scientologist, yesterday told a Sydney court he did not even know who the woman was until a summons was served on him. As he opposed an apprehended violence order yesterday, he said the case was designed purely to stop him exercising his right to free speech. Mr Saxton, through independent ...
Feb 4, 2010
Today Tonight: Scientology AVO — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube
Type: TV
Author(s):
Bryan Seymour Source:
Channel 7 (Australia) The cult has been in global panic mode ever since Today Tonight aired the stunning allegations tabled by Senator Nick Xenophon. Now, one of the men behind those allegations has found himself in court in a case described by one newspaper as "bizarre". Scientologist Sue Hunt is trying to get an Apprehended Violence Order, or AVO, against former member Aaron Saxton. Ms Hunt claims that during an anti-Scientology protest in Sydney in December, Mr Saxton bashed on her car window and ...
Feb 1, 2010
Whistleblower: working for Scientology — New Humanist (UK)
Jan 23, 2010
Scientology critic adds volume to inquiry call — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Jan 23, 2010
Trouble in the house of Hubbard — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)More: Partial scan of article
Jan 15, 2010
Infinite Complacency: Peta O'Brien's Letter II
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Jonny Jacobsen As well as medical neglect, Peta O’Brien’s letter told of a hostile working environment, an arbitrary internal justice system and a culture of bullying among senior executives. [...]
Jan 10, 2010
Infinite Complacency: Peta O'Brien's Letter: Medical Neglect
Jan 1, 2010
Edward McBride auditor, Lise O’Kane quits Scientology — Ozsoapbox
Dec 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency: The Underwoods' Letters
Dec 27, 2009
Scientologists probe — Sunday Telegraph (Surry Hills, Australia)
Dec 12, 2009
Helen speaks for cult victims — Sunshine Coast Daily (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sarah Crawford Source:
Sunshine Coast Daily (Australia) ABUSED but not defeated cult victim Helen Pomery has made it her life’s mission to shine a light on the underbelly of shady religious organisations in Australia.
The Maleny resident has written a letter to all senators in Canberra asking for an inquiry into religious groups linked to abuse.
It is not the first time Ms Pomery has written calling for a senate inquiry, but this time she was spurred on to put pen to paper after independent senator Nick Xenophon ...
Dec 12, 2009
Senior Scientologist says 'no cover up' — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bronwyn Herbert Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News ELIZABETH JACKSON: The international vice president of the Church of Scientology has responded to allegations that his church is a criminal organisation.
Senator Nick Xenophon used parliamentary privilege last month to declare that Scientology is not a religion but a criminal organisation which covers up offences and abuse by its members.
The Church of Scientology's vice president says the allegations have already been investigated.
Bronwyn Herbert reports.
BRONWYN HERBERT: Its status as a religion is fiercely contested, but the Church of ...
Dec 9, 2009
Sydney MP blasts school grant over Scientology link — Central (Sidney, Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Burton-Bradley Source:
Central (Sidney, Australia) A Newtown School which teaches Scientology beliefs has received $1.4 million in government funding for less than 50 students.
Greens MP John Kaye blasted State and Federal governments for providing the Athena School with $751,519 in ongoing funding until 2012, $135,287 for a new library, $114,713 for classroom refits and $50,000 for other works.
According to the school’s website it teaches from The Way to Happiness, written by Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Mr Kaye said responses to questions on notice ...
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