What's New

on the Australian Critics of Scientology Resource Collection

Demonstrations against Scientology: Canberra, Sun 30 Jul 2000.
Press articles:
- 4 new articles from 1978; 5 new articles from 1980; 4 new articles from 1981.
- 2000:
  - Battlefield Earth (M) (Sunday Times, Sun 01 Oct 2000);
  - Bizarre Battlefield has B-grade appeal (The Age, Thu 05 Oct 2000);
  - This star's in the wars (Illawarra Mercury, Fri 06 Oct 2000);
  - Bad guys good to the king of cool (Canberra Sunday Times, Sun 10 Oct 2000);
  - Battlefield Earth (Canberra Times, Sat 14 Oct 2000);
  - Little choice but to give flicks the flick (Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 14 Oct 2000).
TV and Radio:
- SBS Movie Show on Battlefield Earth;
- a 1996 Liars' Club press release;
- ABC Radio National Religion Report, Wed 04 Jun 1997.
Miscellaneous:
- Village Cinemas "review" of Battlefield Earth;
- William S. Burroughs and Scientology from the Burroughs biography El Hombre Invisible.
Books: Extracts from Religion, Inc. by Stewart Lamont, concerning Scientology in Australia in the 1960s; plus a list of critical book archive sites.
Links: more Australian critical (Brad Woodward) and pro-CoS (CultAware Unzipped) sites.

Press: 6 new articles from 1982 (Victorian ban lifted, CoS found not to be a religion in Victoria); Scientology reply on a.r.s to Scientology (Pig Meat #7, September 1995); Mental health law changes opposed (Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 07 Jun 1997); Sex, obsession and jealousy: Nicole Kidman (Australian Women's Weekly, August 1999); 10 new articles from 2000.
Demo reports: Canberra, Sun 14 May 2000, Sat 03 Jun 2000 and Fri 04 Aug 2000; Adelaide, Sat 01 Jul 2000.
Demo Leaflets: Fier's Why we picket flyer.

Demonstrations: 1985 CoS protest against South Australian parliamentary committee report.
TV and Radio: Religion Report: Religion, The Media & Controversy (ABC Radio National, Wed 05 Feb 1997); Melbourne hospital centre sparks lobotomy outrage (ABC Radio News, Sat 31 Jul 1999).
Press: 5 new articles from 1983 (High Court decision on religious tax exemption for Scientology); The cash cults move from beyond the fringe (The Bulletin, Tue 24 Apr 1984); 2 new articles from 1985 (South Australian parliamentary committee report); Novel preachings of the science-fiction Messiah (Advertiser, Sat 05 Dec 1987); Scientology: the other side (Weekend Australian, 16-17 Jan 1988).
Legal and Government: Tax Office decision that course fees not deductible upheld on appeal (Fri 15 Jan 1988); Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission report final draft linked in; laws banning and unbanning Scientology (discussion of unbanning in Victoria, 1982, South Australian Scientology (Prohibition) Act 1968); Australian Press Council adjudications mentioning Scientology (No. 321 [Sydney CoS vs The Australian] and No. 374 [Christadelphians vs Australian Women's Weekly]); Response from Andrew Milne (CoS PR) to a posted excerpt from the Anderson Report; list of defamation cases brought by CoS against Kevin Anderson over the Anderson Report.
Books: current prices of critical books on the second-hand market.