What's new

Results of the Senate Inquiry into Public Benefits Test

Kutta

Silver Meritorious Patron
This is fantastic, wonderful, just amazing. My eternal gratitude to all who got the ball rolling, to all who sent submissions, to Senator Xenathon, and to Bryan and all at Today/Tonight.

For those in the US, try to find your Senator Xenathon. He must be out there somewhere.
 

shadow

Patron with Honors
Amazing!
It is about time and really welcome.:happydance:
Everyone involved did a fantastic job. Congratulations for getting this far and best wishes for going all the way.:clap:
 
Yahoo!!! Yippee!!! Yowzah!!!

Thank God!

And a hearty "WELL DONE!" to all involved! :happydance:

Now to further clear the planet from these kinds of organized frauds and abuses! :thumbsup:
 

FoTi

Crusader
Oh, happy day. :buzzin:

Thanks to all who made this happen. :clap::clap:

You're all angels.

So, if CoS loses it's charity status in Australia, then what will happen in England?
 

Mest Lover

Not Sea Org Qualified
I love the terms: "cult like organisations" rather than:

supossed churches
cult like churches
churches that appear to be a cult
 

I told you I was trouble

Suspended animation
Scientology ... you had it coming!

So much win! :happydance:

I think I need to have a lie down to recover. :melodramatic:

But seriously, if the cult loses its charitable status, it will be a devastating blow that will reverberate around the world.

And I love the way that the word 'cult' is used so many times in close proximity to ‘Scientology’. :)

Axiom142

Lol ... yep, and the use of the word miscreants has also had me rolling on the floor!


:lol:



3.13 Consideration of detriment or harm raises the issue of how to deal with the behaviour of individual miscreants within large organisations. Recent cases of child abuse by clergy were raised during the inquiry in the context of how widespread such behaviour must be before it is taken as indicative of a culture that condones such behaviour within an organisation.10 One indicator may be how the hierarchy of the organisation responds: do they investigate matters promptly and refer them to the police, or seek to cover up the allegations and press members not to go public with information?
 

Outethicsofficer

Silver Meritorious Patron
This is truly a great outcome for all Aussies, in all a public service has been done by us pushing forward and being the catalyst for this decision the committee will benefit from the experience of both the UK and NZ. We are pleased to have helped to bring this off.

James
 

scooter

Gold Meritorious Patron
FANTASTIC! Wow! Great News!!!! Yeeeee Hawwwww!!!!

I vote that we now convince Senator Xenophon, Carmel, James, Paul, and the others who testified to go on world tour now, and talk with other "world leaders" about this entire decision -- and let's start with the US!!!!!!

GREAT JOB!!!

I'm up for a World Tour if I can bring my family too! :D

Seriously, there have been some major mountains moved to get this happening and, for the most part, I've been a bit player in a lot of this work.:yes:

I'm hoping that the key players in this will "write up their hats" :)lol:) on what it takes so that it can be done everywhere on this planet that there are "cult-like groups" preying on people.:happydance:

And something Carmel said to me this morning rang very true indeed - what we've pulled off here is giving freedom to a lot of people and not just here in Oz and not just those who've suffered from Scientology. It may sound corny but it's true.

It's actually the fulfillment of what a lot of us got into Co$ for in the first place - to make a difference in this world for the better.:yes:
 

Operating DB

Truman Show Dropout
Who is the BOSS of Australia now?

Is it the Catholic, or the Atheist?

Just askin'.

I just googled it......and....

It is the Atheist!!!!!!

The new PM of Oz is an Atheist (can you imagine it, Americans.....an Atheist!!? How Horrible. She is probably not really an Australian...better check the birth records.)
All joking aside, I think the recommendations of the inquiry will make far more progress in the way
that we want things to go than if Giullard's opponent, that Catholic guy, had gotten in.
Can't be 100% sure of that, of course....it's just that *religious* types can get a bit defensive about calling that whole charity status thing into question.

An Atheist PM!!! wow!

We need many more atheist politicians!
 
And something Carmel said to me this morning rang very true indeed - what we've pulled off here is giving freedom to a lot of people and not just here in Oz and not just those who've suffered from Scientology. It may sound corny but it's true.

It's actually the fulfillment of what a lot of us got into Co$ for in the first place - to make a difference in this world for the better.:yes:

I agree. :thumbsup:

Care to volunteer a success story to the senior c/s at flag? :)


Mark A. Baker
 

Dulloldfart

Squirrel Extraordinaire
Oh, happy day. :buzzin:

Thanks to all who made this happen. :clap::clap:

You're all angels.

Yes indeed. :clap:

So, if CoS loses it's charity status in Australia, then what will happen in England?

Lots of changes, methinks. :D

It evokes images of snowballs rolling downhill. And all that other stuff that rolls downhill too, gathering momentum on the way.

Paul
 

sallydannce

Gold Meritorious Patron
Hi all,

Wow! Just wow!

I have yet to fully read the report - too busy with life (yay I have a life!!!) but wanted to express my deep gratitude to everyone who has worked so very hard on this.

Thank you for the tears, the laughter and the connection to decency. It means more to me than these words can possibly convey.

I don't know what else to say except...

Here's to transparency! Bring it on!
 

mate

Patron Meritorious
I would like to make a comment here and at the same time thank Paul for the role he played in the initiation of one aspect of the current successful action. With the outcome of the recent election, there can be no doubt that the recommendations of the Senate Inquiry will be adopted. It was Paul’s information about COSRECI and how it operated in the UK and how the CofS in the UK was able to get charity status because of COSRECI when it didn’t qualify for such in the UK, as the result of the special arrangement between the UK and Australia. Paul’s recall and accuracy 30 years later was amazing.

It was someone, who wishes to remain anonymous, who was able to establish that COSRECI did not have and would never qualify for, charity status. This is a multi-million pound, if not hundreds of millions, fraud. And who owns St Hill and other UK properties? Yes, COSRECI! HMR&C has been fully briefed at the highest levels.

Here’s a thought. COSRECI was set up by the Guardians’ Office, well before David Miscavige became a Sea Org member. Operation Snow White convictions resulted in the effective removal of Mary Sue as a likely successor to Hubbard. I suspect that David Miscavige was behind the leak to the FBI using Ken Moxon, who as a result, became an unindicted co-conspiritor, and who was rewarded by Miscavige by being trained as an attorney and then acting for the CofS making big money. Ah! What irony, Miscavige destroys the G.O. and now the G.O is about to make a major contribution to the destruction of Miscavige.

Regards, David.

Yes indeed.

Lots of changes, methinks. :D

It evokes images of snowballs rolling downhill. And all that other stuff that rolls downhill too, gathering momentum on the way.

Paul
 

I told you I was trouble

Suspended animation
Posted by Mate

snipped

Here’s a thought. COSRECI was set up by the Guardians’ Office, well before David Miscavige became a Sea Org member. Operation Snow White convictions resulted in the effective removal of Mary Sue as a likely successor to Hubbard. I suspect that David Miscavige was behind the leak to the FBI using Ken Moxon, who as a result, became an unindicted co-conspiritor, and who was rewarded by Miscavige by being trained as an attorney and then acting for the CofS making big money. Ah! What irony, Miscavige destroys the G.O. and now the G.O is about to make a major contribution to the destruction of Miscavige.

The religious rats nest is going to be exposed!

I wonder when the rats will start to leap off the decks (and who they will try and drag down with them).

Hi Marty.

:whistling:
 

Kookaburra

Gold Meritorious Patron
Oh, happy day. :buzzin:

Thanks to all who made this happen. :clap::clap:

You're all angels.

So, if CoS loses it's charity status in Australia, then what will happen in England?

Part of the fallout of the scrutiny that Scn has been under here is that the CoS UK using COSRECI to avoid taxes in the UK has come to light. COSRECI is not a charity, but was claimed to be one in the UK, and all of Scn money banked in a COSRECI account. Consequently, an investigation is well under way in the UK. I suspect that they will owe about 10 years worth of back taxes there. They won't handle that one easily. :D
 
Top