Grand Opening of the Church of Scientology Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne: 30 January 2011.
Church of Scientology Melbourne—the First Ideal Scientology Church Beneath the Southern Cros
January 2011 marks a new era for the Scientology religion in Australia with the opening of its new Melbourne Church.
Thousands of Scientologists, dignitaries and guests from across the nation celebrated a milestone—the opening of the first Ideal Scientology Church in Australia.
Auntie Joy Murphy Wandin, senior elder of the Wurundjeri people, opened the dedication with the traditional “Welcome to Country” ceremony, welcoming Scientologists to the lands of her ancestors.
Scientologist, Melbourne native and award-winning singer and songwriter Kate Ceberano performed a moving rendition of her original composition “This Song is You,” written in honour of the occasion and the heritage of the city and all that Australia holds dear.
MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST
videos launched in
Australia
October 2010
MEET BERNIE from Melbourne
This Melbourne, Australia, art and framing gallery director loves to create exactly the right effect for his clients. Watch his “Meet a Scientologist” video on the Scientology website.
A 25-year veteran of the art business, Bernie Lowenstein describes himself as a “typical Aussie renegade” who loves good food, good coffee and creating things with his hands. continued.....
MEET CLARE from Sydney
For Clare Trafford, teaching is not just a job—it’s an investment in the future. In a video on the Scientology website, she describes her life as principal of an independent school in Sydney, Australia, and the joy she derives from equipping generations of students with the skills they need to accomplish their dreams. continued....
MEET PAUL, Karate instructor from Melbourne.
MEET GUY, a parachute instructor from Sydney.
22 July 2010
Senator Nick Xenophon's back-door approach to bring Scientology under scrutiny through an ill-conceived Tax Amendment Bill on charities has had the effect of alarming religious groups large and small to his unholy crusade. Now they too could be drawn into the strange vortex Xenophon is creating with his call for charities to be measured not only by public benefit (which they currently already are) but also by the criteria of detriment or harm.
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In Scientology you would find that Man is not a body. He is the life source that animates the body. That life source is not found in the physical universe. Its separateness to the body is very evident. It obeys its own laws that are as demonstrable as gravity... continued »
Third Anonymous Member Sentenced in Scientology Church Attack
This was written by Camille Tuutti on Thursday, September 23, 2010, 9:48.A member of Anonymous was sentenced earlier this week in New York City Criminal Court for his role in an attack on the Church of Scientology of New York, making him the third affiliate of the hacktivist collective to be held responsible for the 2009 incident.
In 2009, Jacob Speregen accompanied another member of Anonymous, Mahoud Samed Almahadin, who ran into the New York Church off Times Square and vandalized the church. Speregen filmed the attack as a co-conspirator with Almahadin and other Anonymous members.
Speregen’s sentence bans him from going near the Church of Scientology for five years. He was also ordered to pay the damages caused by his acts and to perform community service as further restitution for the crime.
Scientology
unit for floods
31 January 2011
THE Scientology Disaster Response Unit has been activated to the Lockyer Valley.
The national organisation has a database of volunteers ready, willing and able to be deployed to places in Australia, New Zealand and in the Pacific during times of crisis.
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