Psychological Practices Bill 111–12
revival of Scientology 140, 141–2
Victoria University of Technology (VUT) 259, 266
Vietnam War 151, 283
Village Voice 328
Wakefield, Margery 87
Walker, Frank 185, 186, 188, 196
The Walking Dead 223
Wallis, Roy 115
The Road to Total Freedom 115
Walton, John 95, 96
Washington Post 263, 264, 276
Wearne, Jillaine 151
Wearne, Phillip 66, 75, 84–90, 91–5, 151–2, 171–2
affidavit 151–2
Anderson Inquiry 100–4
fight against Scientology 94–6, 100–1
Hubbard and 92–4
The Legion of Space – An Inter-Planetary Adventure Strip 85
scams 84–5, 88
Scientology involvement 86–94
war record 85
Weigand, Dick 166
Weiland, Kurt 264
Wenn, Rohan 329, 330–1
Western Australia 4, 140–1, 148, 155
What is Scientology? 34
Whipp, Mary Sue see Hubbard, Mary Sue (née Whipp)
Whitlam, Gough 68, 154, 169, 171, 180
Whitta, Mark 21
Whitton, Evan 172
Whyte, Judge Ron 263
Wichita 53–4
Wichita Foundation 54
WikiLeaks 258, 269–71
Wilhere, Greg 234–5, 240, 241, 242–3, 253, 276, 277, 290
Wilkinson, Earl 151
Willesee, Mike 300
Williams, Elizabeth 72, 75, 91
Williams, Pamela 307, 308, 310–11
Killing Fairfax 307, 308
Williams, Peter 80, 89, 92, 96, 97, 98, 102, 105, 106
Williamson, Jack 85
Willis, John 151
Wilmhurst, Paul 262
Wilson, Harold 139
Winter, Joseph 44–5, 52
Dianetics: A Doctor’s Report 45
Wolf, Lauren 334
Wolfe, Gerald 167–8, 174
Wollersheim, Larry 264
Woman’s Day 66
World War II 4, 25–8
Wright, Allen 2–4
Wright, Lawrence 7
Wynn, Graeme 212, 214, 216, 218, 219, 220
Xenophon, Senator Nick 11, 23, 328–33
Xigis, Antonios 179
Yager, Marc 243, 323
Young, Bill 166
Young, Craig 221, 222
Young, Robert Vaughn 264, 271, 272
Youngman, Robin 155
Zempilas, Con 151
Zuravin, Charles 168
PHOTOS SECTION
L. Ron Hubbard conducting an experiment on tomato plants to see if they feel pain, at Saint Hill Manor, c 1960. Note the nail in the tomato and the crocodile clips attached.
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Peter Gillham Snr chats to L. Ron Hubbard at a function at Saint Hill Manor, 1966.
courtesy the Gillham family
The Gillham family in Brisbane, 1961. All five joined the Sea Org, and Yvonne set up the first Celebrity Centre. Gillham daughters Terri (right) and Janis (centre) were among Hubbard’s first messengers, and they became senior Scientology executives in the US.
courtesy the Gillham family
L. Ron Hubbard, with his wife Mary Sue and children Suzette, Quentin, Arthur and Diana, at Saint Hill Manor, 1959.
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L. Ron Hubbard in 1973, while hiding out in Queens, NY, with two Sea Org members and a briefcase full of banknotes. Hubbard feared being extradited to France to face fraud charges.
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The Church of Scientology normally hires private investigators through its lawyers so it can deny responsibility. Here is rare documentary evidence of Scientology paying a private detective directly – Rex Beaver, the man hired to spy on Rupert Murdoch.
courtesy Rex Beaver
Not a man to be messed with, Rex Beaver is shown, in 1972, being awarded the Queen’s Commendation for brave conduct after he tackled a man armed with a shotgun, which the man had been aiming at police.
courtesy Rex Beaver
Phillip Wearne was revealed as a con artist in the Sydney Truth, in 1955, before he exposed Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard’s failure to placate Wearne triggered a series of events that led to Scientology’s leader being exiled from the UK.
Sydney Truth
Barry Hart took on Chelmsford Private Hospital doctors in a series of legal cases. Medical files removed and copied by Scientologists helped him prove his case. In 1980, Hart won damages after it was found he had been falsely imprisoned.
Russell Shakespeare / Newspix
Jan Eastgate, the international head of Scientology’s anti-psychiatry group CCHR, shown leaving court in Sydney, 2011. It was alleged Eastgate had coached an 11-year-old girl to lie to police to cover up sexual abuse committed by a Scientologist. The charges were eventually dropped.
Fairfax Syndication
A champion ocean swimmer who got into Scientology to try to improve his performance, Roger Boswarva was a witness during the Anderson Inquiry.
courtesy Roger Boswarva
Joe Reaiche was recruited into Scientology when told it could help heal a badly torn groin muscle. Reaiche says he became the first professional athlete in the world to reach Operating Thetan Level VII (OT VII).
Fairfax Syndication
Former State of Origin prop Pat Jarvis was one of the toughest and most durable forwards of his era. His commitment to Scientology proved divisive in the St George team in the 1980s.
Geoff Henderson / Newspix
Chris Guider’s rugby league career with St George was cut short by Scientology. Guider says he was sent to the RPF after refusing to hit someone on orders from David Miscavige.
Barry McKinnon / Newspix
Scientology’s current leader, David Miscavige, speaking in London. He has not done a live TV interview since the Ted Koppel Nightline program in 1992.
PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman with their children, Connor and Isabella, in Sydney, 1996. Within five years, Cruise and Kidman had split, and former Scientologists say the church told the children their mother was an enemy of their religion.
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Tom Cruise in Sydney for Kerry Packer’s memorial service, 2006. Cruise helped recruit James Packer into Scientology. Marty Rathbun says this was part of a larger plan to recruit Lachlan Murdoch.
Lindsay Moller / Newspix
James Packer drives into the Church of Scientology car park, in Sydney (Glebe), 2002. Journalist Annette Sharp had been tipped off Packer had signed up to Scientology; this photo by Peter Barnes gave her the evidence to run the story.
PMB Photo Group
James Packer having a cigarette outside the Church of Scientology building, 2002. Annette Sharp still can’t believe the Scientologists didn’t find him an internal courtyard in which to smoke.
PMB Photo Group
Vicki Dunstan, the head of the Church of Scientology in Australia, has since 2010 declined all interview requests made by the author.
Fairfax Syndication
Scarlett Hanna, the daughter of Vicki Dunstan, appeared on Lateline in 2010 and described Scientology as a toxic organisation where children were treated like cattle.
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Mike Rinder, the Australian-born former head of the Office of Special Affairs, has become one of the most influential critics of Scientology and David Miscavige.
Sonia Recchia / Getty Images for Sundance
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