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Fri 17 Mar 2000

• Demonstrations: Two March 2000 Canberra demo reports; Sydney, Fri 11 Feb 2000.
• Personal stories: CoS private investigator sniffing around the Canberra critics.
• Organisations:
  • Melbourne Org: January 2000 reconnaissance.
  • Perth Org: more on the Dianetics side being shut for most of 1999.
  • Canberra Org: A public member's still-unpaid refund; March 1998 and June 1998 Knowledge Reports from Org ED; March 2000 reconnaissance; CoS advertising for the Purification Rundown removed from local government shopfront window.
  • Address information from 1975 Tech Dictionary added to address listings.
• Press articles: Scientology's 'degraded beings'; Hubbard's Manual of Justice (Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 22 Apr 1991); 2 new articles from 1993; 5 new articles from 1994; 2 new articles from 1995; 2 new articles from 1996; 4 new articles from 1997.

Thu 17 Feb 2000

• Demonstrations: July 1999 CCHR march on Royal Melbourne Hospital.
• Press: 5 new articles from 1998; 5 new articles from 1999.
• Canberra Org: Fier on numbers of Canberra staff and public; Sparrow fends off the survey taker.
• Perth org: A 1983 executive directive, with commentary.
• Sydney Org: CoS lies about involvement with the Salvation Army in Sydney.
• NOTs in Australia: some extra links, plus how Chris Owen ordered his copy.
• Links: CoS hassling One.Net over Gnome's page (November 1998) and Nick Andrew's page (May 1999).
• Entertainment: Scientology: Disgusting Cult of Booger Eaters; more Scientology lightbulb jokes.

Fri 04 Feb 2000

• Demonstrations: Canberra Fri 28 Jan 2000 demo report; 8 new reports on Melbourne March 1996; list of websites leaflet updated.
• Press: 3 new articles from 1967; 20 new articles from 1968 (mostly about proposed ban in South Australia); 2 new articles from 2000.
• Personal stories: Pertti Muhli on dealing with the Canberra Org and the gag order they wanted him to sign for his refund; Fier's best and worst experiences on staff at the Canberra org; Tym Jeffery gets body-routed; W. Coutts goes to America; Name Withheld; Perth Org sends da boyz round (snicker) in an attempt to stem the flood of Xemu leaflets ...
• Adelaide org: May 1999: CoS public-works propaganda around Goodwood railway station.

Thu 20 Jan 2000

• Press: 13 new articles from 1965; 9 new articles from 1966.
• Demo report: Melbourne, May 1997 leaflet run.
• Demo hints and tips: how to make sandwich-board picket signage; printing your own T-shirts, spotting Sea Org members; a Mother Jones article on protesting.
• Demo leaflets: Leaflets from Vancouver, March 1999; the importance of getting leaflets into orgs.
• Orgs: photos of AOSH ANZO.
• Entertainment: L. Ron's Ghost French translation linked; Jim Fetters: SubGenius Success Stories.
• Miscellaneous: cinema advertising for Dianetics; corrected lyrics for "Krishna" by DAAS.

Mon 27 Dec 1999

• Demonstrations:
  • 24 new 1999 Canberra demo reports, including photos from Thu 12 Aug 1999 and legal threat about the Xemu flyer;
  • CCHR protest against release of killer (plus announcement of protest and AAP Event Diary entry;
  • Demo how-to: smile and wave; Joe Cisar on how to make a picket sign; Safe's signs meaningful to current members.
  • Other leaflet pages linked in; Roland's Money flyer.
• Press: above CCHR protest articles and Soul sisters (Sun-Herald, 14 Mar 1999); article index split up by years.
• Links: e-mail from Henry Bartnik (CoS Sydney) to Gnome; registration info on the Internet domain name scientology.org.au.
• Orgs: April 1999 update on Perth org; Louise Cook on Canberra org welfare cult.
• Miscellaneous items: Original text and scan of Ron's Journal 68 Australian - Anzo Supplement.
• US mirror site retired after two years.

Tue 20 Apr 1999

• Demonstrations: Ashraf Ghebranious: Canberra 13 Mar 1995 demo report; David Gerard: Melbourne 14 Jan 1999 city leaflet run; Picket Database and LRH's poem The Picketeer linked.
• Demo how-to: Kevin Brady on what picketing does; Bloody Viking: Eternal Battery Driven Camcorder!; Dave Bird on bull-baiting.
• Demo leaflets: Lisa McPherson: False Data Stripping by Deana Holmes linked.
• Government opinions: Scientological highlighs of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's report on freedom of religion in Australia.
• Press: Inside the cult (Adelaide Advertiser, Sat 07 Oct 1995); Stop press (Lucretia's Letter, early 1996); Charges against Church trumped up (Herald-Sun, Mon 07 Oct 1996); Persecuted in France (Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Mon 14 Oct 1996); Letter to the editor (Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Mon 21 Oct 1996).
• Radio: Not guilty verdict sparks debate on mental illness defence (ABC Radio News, Fri 12 Mar 1999).
• Books: Extract from Inside 60 Minutes by John Little on the CCHR and the exposure of Chelmsford Hospital.
• Why be a critic: Louise Cook.
• Orgs:
  • Canberra Org pics, plus: Canberra staff on the dole: Goblin Wizard and Louise Cook; how the Canberra staff are actually reluctant to go Clear; life in the comic shop below the Org.
  • Sydney: the Hubbard Dianetics Centre in Central Street, Sydney; a CoS job ad in the Sydney Morning Herald; the crappiness of the official CoS maps for Sydney.
  • Melbourne: Working in a Scn-related company.
  • Adelaide: I visit just after Christmas; an Adelaide staffer's attempt to get someone in for the personality test.
  • Perth: Sea Org spotted around Perth org; lack of services available in Perth; a Perth org personality test tale April 1999 update on Perth org.
  • Miva Kankyo Ltd, the Japanese branch of U-Man International.
• Links: more critical pages in Australia linked in.
• Miscellaneous items: Scientology and Racism by Keshet and Ted Mayett; Ron's Journal 68, ANZO Supplement - saving Australia from the "Asiatic hordes"; a 1968 NSW Council for Civil Liberties policy statement on prospective anti-Scientology legislation; Cellular Phones: Corporeal Communications Technologies in William S. Burroughs and L. Ron Hubbard by Douglas Kahn.

Fri 23 Oct 1998

• Demo How-To: Bloody Viking on why the CoS's military strategy doesn't work against the Internet protestors; Dave Bird's The Wonderful World of Helium Balloons reworked.
• Orgs: New photos of the Mission of Melbourne; what makes a 'group'?; historical listings from What Is Scientology? (1978) and Scientology: Twentieth Century Religion (1972).
• Legal and Government: 1996 Census figures; Census numbers for New Zealand; Attorney-General's Department's report regarding Non Fatal Offences Against the Person, with Scientological highlights from the report.
• TV/Radio: 1996 Communications Law Centre report on the Liars' Club radio show.
• Press: Religion: Lessons for the Hubbard faithful (The Australian, Thu 06 Feb 1986); Phillip Adams: End of the world here for two - thank God! (Weekend Australian, 22-23 Feb 1986); Kate & Lee Make Beautiful Music (Woman's Day Australia, 19 Feb 1996); Letter to the editor (Revolver, 18 May 1998); Church persecuted (letter to the editor from Henry Bartnik, Sun-Herald, Sun 05 Jul 1998); Legal crackdown on cults (The Australian, 14 Oct 1998).
• Links to other pages: Scientology web spam pages indices.
• Entertainment: more Scientologist lightbulb jokes.
• Why be a critic: Alan Barclay, Belladonna 99, Geoff Burling, Scott Goehring, Gregg Hagglund, Joel Hanes, Al Landeck, Chris Leithis, Arnie Lerma, NoScieno, David Patrick, Beverly Rice, Michael T. Richter, Rondata, Clarence Sevdy, Boudewijn van Ingen.

Fri 31 Jul 1998

• Orgs: additional listings from ABLE and from What Is Scientology, 1993;
  • Neil Muspratt: recruitment using 'work available' flyers;
  • Inducto on the undetectable 'Korean Dianetics Institute'.
• How to demonstrate:
  • Dealing with attempted Citizen's Arrest of picketers;
  • How to hand out leaflets.
• Why be a critic: H. Alan Montgomery; Jim Wilbur; Jour: Why I Picket Scientology; Mike Gormez; Lori Ann Chauvette; Steve Zadarnowski.
• Books: what happened with a pile of books the OSA tried to suppress; mention of Scientology by John Birmingham.
• Links: Steve A.: How effective is alt.religion.scientology?
• Entertainment: Fifty SubGeniuses walk into a Scientologist bar ...; The Clown Car of Ridicule; New ARSCC Mottos; Auditing with the Enemeter; I FLUNKED John Charmichael (OSA) - TWICE!; If Clams could discuss "case"; How many Scientologists does it take to change a light bulb?
• Local text copies of linked documents: Creationists distance themselves from Scientology; Julian Palmer's An Encounter With Scientology; David Carter's Essay on Scientology; Katherine Phelps' When A Pressure Group Calls.
• NOTs page: ordering instructions (for Swedish Parliament copies) linked.

Wed 03 Jun 1998

• Orgs page split up by city, with a separate complete text listing.
• Perth Org: May 1998 reconnaissance by Steve Zadarnowski.
• Various demo hints and tips.
• The Mind Benders by Cyril Vosper: blurb and bio from 1973 paperback, scan of paperback cover (small GIF and large JPEG) and 'Declaration of an Enemy' letter (small GIF and large JPEG).
• Entertainment for Clambakers:
  • Robert Carr: Signs you've been spending too much time on a.r.s;
  • Steve Zadarnowski on sending in personality tests to enhance the Scientology mailing list;
  • The ghastly truth about which 'critics' are actually scienos;
  • Michael Reuss nominates KoX for Usenetter of the Year;
  • Misenla turns the Haikumatic on the CoS Web Page;
  • Anonymous: Why the ARSCC keeps at the battle;
  • John Dorsay on how the Minton money flows;
  • Entheta Activist Files separated out from ARSCC Internal Memoranda.
• Links: The Australian contribution to the CoS Web Spam Plan: David R. Griffiths. Plus my review of his page.
• Photo re-scan and conversion from GIFs to JPEGs: Sydney Org.

Tue 05 May 1998

• Demo photos: Melbourne March 1998, Melbourne December 1997, Melbourne March 1995.
• Various demo how-to.
• Demo leaflets:
  • Cognitions of a Liberated Scientologist;
  • Toronto Picket Advisory;
  • just walking into the Org with a Xemu leaflet;
  • how to waste Org time by telling them about your leafleting.
• Orgs page:
  • dead Camberwell Mission and dead Perth Mission now listed;
  • COSRECI, the South Australian non-profit corporation that owns the UK orgs;
  • a Mormons vs Scientology comparison in Brisbane;
  • Melbourne org photo page, with reports on:
    • the Melbourne Org staff;
    • the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation in Malvern;
    • the Yarralinda School;
    • a Mormons vs Scientology comparison;
    • Inducto on what makes a mission.
• Sten-Arne Zerpe on how auditing implants false memories.
• Photo re-scan and conversion from GIFs to JPEGs: Perth Org, Melbourne December 1996 demo.

Mon 30 Mar 1998

• Melbourne March 1998 demo reports from Frank Copeland and David Gerard.
• Various demo hints and tips, and page revised and re-ordered.
• Leaflets for picketing:
  • L. Ron Hubbard In His Own Words extended;
  • LRH's Birthday suggestion;
  • Scientology homophobia.
• Personal stories: Ex-Scio Kid on false memory induction; intro and corrections to Glen McClelland's story.
• Legal and Government opinions:
  • An extract from Sir Kevin Anderson's autobiography.
  • The anonymous post to a.r.s giving the 1996 Census figure for Scientologists in Australia as 1500; my unsuccessful attempts to nail down this figure, or the figure of 1091 for the 1991 census.
  • Local text copy of the DEETYA Press Release on the 'Young Australian of the Year Award' winners.
• Radio: The CoS tries for a New Year 1998 Community Service Announcement.
• Press articles and materials:
  • a letter to the editor from Henry Bartnik (Sydney Sun-Herald, Sun 15 Feb 1998);
  • the Operations Officer job description;
  • and another spurious legal threat over Enemy Names.
• The Brisbane CoS trying to recruit through job advertisements.
• Why be a critic: Klaus Bloemker.
• Entertainment: Rob Clark on scientology and art; Neil Muspratt gives the Haikumatic a spin.
• Miscellaneous: Creationists distance themselves from $cientology.

Wed 28 Jan 1998

• Demo-related:
  • Melbourne Sat 06 Dec 1997 (full report);
  • CoS leaflet, 'Church Denounces Outrageous Account Of Scientologists' Death', as handed out at the December 1997 Melbourne demo;
  • A scan of the December 1997 Brisbane demo Lisa McPherson leaflet;
  • Ideas for a 'Blow The Org' leaflet, for heavy-duty pickets or reader-response forms;
  • Xenu's Boom Box linked in from how-to and props pages.
• Press article Scientology: the science fiction religion (VICE, Sep 1997), plus information for reporters and an attempted legal threat over Enemy Names.
• Orgs: WISE ANZO added; LRH quotes on planter boxes outside a school in Adelaide.
• Why be a critic: DeoMorto, Sister Clara, Grady Ward, NoGoot, Conner, Lori Ann Chauvette, Martin Hunt, Wes Fager.
• Entertainment: Dave Touretzky: News from the year 2000; Roland Rashleigh-Berry: OT Googolplex Revealed.
• Links page: the Galactic Emperor Remailer and FreeZone America linked in.
• 'Under Construction' GIF added to 'What's New' page (thanks to lextreme).

Mon 29 Dec 1997

• Press articles: Mark and the Sea Orgs (Weekend Australian, 24-25 Nov 1984) - with photo of Mark Hanna; Hubbard's fantasy cruises on: Bare-Faced Messiah, by Russell Miller (The Age, 30 Jan 1988); Cult Lures Aussie Stars (People [Australia], 05 May 1993); Victims or VILLAINS? (Weekend Australian, 01-02 Feb 1997); entheta.net Media Archive linked in.
• Demo reports: Brisbane December 1997; Melbourne December 1997 pre-demo city leafleting report and quick demo notes; Brisbane April 1997; New CoS leaflet, 'The Facts That Are Not Included In Reports Of Lisa McPhersons Death', as handed out at Brisbane December 1997 demo.
• Various demo hints'n'tips.
• Why be a critic: Warrior and Son Of Xenu; other people's reasons to be a critic now on a separate page.
• Entertainment: Daniel Davidson's discovery of the power of the Tinfoil Hat; Joe Harrington on who pays the ARSCC; Stephen Jones reveals his OSA connections; L. Ron's Ghost by Valerie Emanuel; Doe1thru5 on truth in religion; Ray Randolph on Scientology attacking Santa, and Doe1thru5 on the ARSCC Santa Defense Fund; technical support notes on the Super Mk VII Scien-Ku-Tron Haikumatic.
• Various changes for less clunky rendering under Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Mon 10 Nov 1997

• Lisa McPherson leaflet on the demo leaflets page, plus 'Coltice Warrior' mailing leaflets to over one thousand addresses near the Cedars Complex in Hollywood!
• Brisbane March 1997 demo photos up.
• Brisbane org photos converted to JPEGs; Brisbane Hubbard College of Administration added. Also, Murray Chapman's report on how the Org is being weakened by ... frequent urination.
• Perth org: my August 1996 visit, at which I scored myself a free International Association of Scientologists membership!
• Why be a critic: Robert S. Minton, Michael Pattinson, September.
• Australian Census figures, and the report of 1500 in the 1996 census: Murray Chapman gives some statistical perspective; 'Ex Scio Kid' gives the West Australian total as not more than 150.
• NOTs in Australia page: links to What to do when a pressure group calls by Katherine Phelps (written regarding the CoS response to same) and the Electronic Frontiers Australia page on censorship issues.
• Entertainment: A major Success Story with 100% Standard Tech and a reply to Helena Kobrin from Roland Rashleigh-Berry; 101 Uses for Dead LRon's Skull from Deana Holmes; The Power Of Prayer from Rob Clark; Degrado the Survivalist Clown on enhancing the CoS's mailing list; and Hud Nordin gives us a hitherto-unrevealed item from the FBI archives.
• Lars Bähren's German media page (press articles and radio transcripts) linked from press page.
• Odds and ends page: Mentions of Scientology in Australian songs; Burroughs on Scientology from the Los Angeles Free Press, 6th March 1970 (as reprinted in the book Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology); and a quote from Zodiac by Neal Stephenson that I found particularly allegorical.
• Two more letters (one from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor to the SRC President, the other from me to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor) added to the VUT, Scientology and Me page.

Sun 05 Oct 1997

• Why be a critic: Arnie Lerma's motivational rant; Lawrence Wollersheim; F.A.C.T.Net; Zed, from When Corporations Rule The World, on the power of citizen's networks in the age of the Internet.
• Demo leafleting: Bev on titles of leaflets for org and mission eradication; Lisa Derrick on putting Xemu leaflets inside newspapers; a handy list of positions within the Orgs to send Xemu leaflets to.
• Press pages:
  • Cult of Personality from Woroni, (ANU student paper), and CoS reply article;
  • Hubba Hubba Hubbard: the Scientology personality test for beginners from Tharunka (UNSW student paper);
  • Phillip Adams: Weird Science from the Weekend Australian;
  • Info for reporters.
• Personal tales (now in alphabetical order): Jan Groenveld on cult scare tactics; Glen McClelland (son of Tony) regarding exit counselling; Tony McClelland gets a 10:30pm phone call from Brian Johnston (CoS Australia).
• The disappearance of the 'Scientology' sign from outside the Brisbane org.
• Entertainment page: Cerberus' Church of the Relentlessly Annoying People; Roland Rashleigh-Berry on E-meter limitations; Screwloose reviews Scientologists of Gor.

Mon 29 Sep 1997

• Calls to suburbia.net and thingy.apana.org.au from someone claiming to be a Private Investigator.
• Other people's reasons for being critics of Scientology added to the Why page: Anima, BC, Ex-Mudder, Dave Bird, Rob Clark, Frank Copeland, Gregg Hagglund, Keith Henson, Martin Hunt, Cornelius Krasel and Roland Rashleigh-Berry.
• Press page made more readable in Netscape, and instructions on gathering and using enemy names (e.g. critical sources) and on attacking them added.
• Updates and additions to the Orgs listing.
• HTML bogosities removed via WebLint, a few readability tweaks for Opera.

Wed 17 Sep 1997

• New HTML edition of The Mind Benders by Cyril Vosper.
• How the OSA/Guardian's Office of Scientology dealt with critical writings about Scientology.
• Introspection Rundown story.
• Spreading the new Xemu leaflet around:
  • the Orgs themselves;
  • anywhere considering itself subcultural or arty;
  • the cinema;
  • Shove 'em in letterboxes;
  • Send a sample to a WISE printer for a quote.
• CoS listings in the City of Glen Eira's Directory of Services.
• Steve Zadarnowski: Perth org's crappy presentation and lack of activity, and the temporary nature of their present location.
• One-sentence synopsis of each article added to the list of press articles, plus:
  • Talullah's responses to the Reporter Training Routines;
  • RVY on preparing for a press conference;
  • TR-L.
• OSA Interest Points Calculator.
• Webring graphic and background volcano on front index page.

Tue 26 Aug 1997

• Various demo hints'n'tips.
• Sign outside Adelaide org; both photos now JPEGs.
• Roland on following up the Xemu leaflets you post to Orgs.
• Press Articles:
  • John's Secret Powers: "Travolta Cured Me" - New Weekly, Mon 19 Aug 1996 - extract;
  • Initial mention of internet.au 'Spam in a can' article;
  • Scientology awards - letter to the editor from Frank Copeland, internet.au, October 1996;
  • Nicole Kidman - Good Weekend, Sat 01 Feb 1997 - extract;
  • Mother warns on cult groups - South Western Times (Bunbury WA), Thu 10 Apr 1997.
• Robert Vaughn Young on why the CoS claims eight million members and the complete predictability of knee-jerk CoS responses.
• NOTs in Australia: the letter I wrote to the lawyer after we spoke on the phone.
• Xenu Magazine: a post on Ashraf Ghebranious's mailbox disappearing, and me hearing the name 'Hanna' for the first time.

Sat 09 Aug 1997

• Keith Henson: the use of Xemu leaflets in libraries.
• 'WISE Member Named Young Australian Business Person of the Year': Bev alerts us, Frank Copeland supplies some explanation.
• 1996 Census data on Scientologists in Australia isn't available yet, but here's what will be available.
• Extract re: hypnosis vs. auditing from the Anderson Report.
• March 1995 Canberra demo report from Ashraf Ghebranious.
• Memories of the newspaper photographer at the Melbourne December 1996 demo.
• Julian Palmer's A meeting with Scientology re-linked from Personal Stories.
• William S. Burroughs and Scientology, plus WSB's ideas on how to make a Scientology org move using tape recordings.
• Troutman's goodbye message to a.r.s added to Why Do This.
• Steve Zadarnowski peeks inside the new Perth org.
• Entertainment for clambakers:
  • a joke from Scientology;
  • dealing with CoS telephone harassment;
  • The Squirrel pays a visit to AOSH ANZO;
  • Fiction, The Return Of The Messiah;
  • Troutman is inspired by a Scientologist a.r.s poster;
  • the Testimony of Rev Gypsy Joker;
  • Elron the SubGenius;
  • Pope Charles reviews some music from LRH;
  • Pope Charles restimulates the Arsclycus engram;
  • Brad Wallace explains the Presley-Jackson marriage;
  • the arscc.au letterhead (2288 bytes, Rich Text Format);
  • and Dennis McClain-Furmanski's SCIENTIFIC PROOF of the efficacy of the ARSCC-preferred method of enhancing those Gnarly OT Powerz.
• Scientology Web-Ring joined and linked in from front page.
• ARSCC (www.arscc.com, no longer operational) and Operation Clambake hot-buttons added to front page.

Wed 23 Jul 1997

• Gregg Hagglund: why spread the word about Xemu.
• Brisbane March 1997 demo reports from Friday 14th and Saturday 15th.
• Press page: Scientology from inside out by Robert Vaughn Young.
• Australia and New Zealand pages from Dick Cleek's Mapping Scientology site linked in.
• Orgs page: new addresses, missions, New Zealand and Taiwan information.
• The Mind Benders: GIFs of scans reduced in size and placed inline on page.
• How the 'Creed of Scientology' plaque disappeared from the Perth org one Sunday night.
• NoScieno: Haikumatic output.

Mon 07 Jul 1997

• Scientologists in Nazi uniforms.
• Demo leaflet by Arnie Lerma: Pssst ... Wanna Buy A Bridge?.
• Links to demo reports added to demonstration photo pages.
• Roland on using the Xemu leaflet when chatting to Scientologist counter-demonstrators.
• Tilman Hausherr: uses for a Xemu leaflet and a bottle of wine.
• September 1995 pickets: reports from Tony McClelland, Ian Dean and David Gerard; Melbourne demonstrators' and CoS leaflets.
• Letter from 'Victims of CultAware' and a listing for VoCA.
• Photo of Adelaide org.
• Steve Zadarnowski reviews the Perth org.
• Don't bother trying to deduct Scientology expenses from your tax in Australia.
• Elvis as Critic of Scientology.

Mon 23 Jun 1997

• BornAgainWog on the Introspection Rundown.
• LeAnn Bae on her daughter Carolynn.
• Letter from a Letter Registrar.
• Cover letter for mailing Roland's Xemu leaflet to an Org.
• Gregg Hagglund over the NOTs: suitable responses to da Ho', and the one he sent to his ISP when they showed incipient spinelessness.
• Illustration of proper use of the Xemu balloon print.
• Humour: Xenu's Dictionary and tips on killfiling.
• Pro-Scientology page by David Cooke added to the links page.
• Ted Mayett's Picket Page linked into Demo page.
• TV-Radio page tidied up.
• Site run through WebLint and HTML fluff tidied up.
• Decorative images redone as standard JPEGs, not progressive ones; lowsrc= attributes removed.
• How to contact me in detail.

Sun 01 Jun 1997

• Why this site is here section added.
• Details of the decision ruling Scientology a religion in Australia.
• Xemu balloon design.
• Demo page now in reverse chronological order; Garry Scarff's thoughts on picketing added.
• Spam in a can (internet.au Sep 1996) converted to HTML.
• Grady Ward's summary of Revolt In The Stars, LRH's screenplay of the OT III story.
• Front page tarted up a little in terms of layout, decorative images added to most index pages.
• Much of this 'What's New' page shifted to the What Was New page.

Sun 25 May 1997

• Second Australian mirror site.
• Lawyer's letter over the NOTs, a followup by email and a summarised phone call to the lawyer.
• Part of a letter from me to the CoS's lawyer, specifically concerning the 'PUBLIC WARNING' leaflet.
• AUSNet's response to their latest Ho' note.
• Roland Rashleigh-Berry's experiences with his Xemu leaflet.
• Dave Bird on the wonderful world of helium balloons and the uses of props when picketing.
• Wayne Whitney's Picketing sign assembly instructions converted to HTML.
• URLs leaflet updated.
• Grady Ward's court-ordered retraction of his request for the 'sEkRiT' sKriPt00rs of the CoS.
• Scientologists demonstrating against the Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl - the AAP report, and the Brisbane Courier-Mail one.
• Scientologists demonstrating against critic Stuart Riley - postings from Tony McClelland and Neil Muspratt.
• David Bromage (a critic who webbed the NOTs) page linked from the Personal Stories page.
• A copy of a filing in the probate of the will of L. Ron Hubbard (for safekeeping).

Sun 04 May 1997

• US mirror site added.
• Ideas on spreading leaflets far and wide in the big world.
• 'PUBLIC WARNING' leaflet being spread by the CoS.

Mon 21 Apr 1997

• Me and the NOTs - a happy tale.

Fri 21 Mar 1997

• Demo reports from December 1996 and March 1997, photos from December 1996 and a pic of the photo-clam from September 1995.
• Links to copies of C.H. Rolph's Believe What You Like on the Books page.

Tue 04 Mar 1997

• Several new press articles, including Spam in a can from internet.au.

Sat 15 Feb 1997

• Demo stuff: March '95 reports, March '96 Melbourne announcement, new leaflets from me and Tony McClelland
• Some Ho' notes added to my own personal-story page, and additions to my VUT page.
• More press articles from 1959, 1969 and 1972.

Mon 03 Feb 1997

• More press articles from the early '70s.

Fri 22 Nov 1996

• Meeting with Brian Johnston (local CoS) on my own personal experiences page.
• Xenu Magazine newsgroup postings annotated.
• Revisions to some demo leaflets to facilitate reusability.
• Fixed some broken links.

Tue 19 Nov 1996

• Leaflets from and for demonstrations; ideas for how to picket.
• Link to Zed's page.
• Put VUT and Xenu Magazine pages under my own newly-started personal story page.
• September 1995 demo photo up.

Thu 14 Nov 1996

• Links to official CoS pages on Perth, Sydney and Brisbane pages.

Wed 16 Oct 1996

• Two lawyer's letters - one to me, one to one of my admins - regarding reposting of Biased Journalism v2no19.
• Reorganised Orgs page by city; full address and telephone information for each.

Fri 11 Oct 1996

• Issues V2no19 and V2no20 of Shelley Thomson's Biased Journalism newsletter - placed here after the CoS convinced Netcom to cancel the postings.

Wed 09 Oct 1996

• Brisbane and Sydney pics (including the volcano billboard!).
• Sydney demo pics up.

Thu 19 Sep 1996

• Sydney demo report from September 7th 1996.

Mon 16 Sep 1996

• Brisbane demo report from September 7th 1996.
• Photos of the new Perth org.

Fri 13 Sep 1996

• Demo reports from Sydney, September 1996.
• Personal story from Stuart Riley.
• European mirror established and linked.
• ARSCC logo (though, of course, there is no ARSCC) added to front page.

Mon 02 Sep 1996

• Explanatory text on the Xenu page.
• Navigation bars at the bottom of each index page as well.

Sun 01 Sep 1996

• Extensive additions to the saga of Xenu the magazine.
• A copy of my very first lawyer's letter from the Church. My introduction to the dizzy heights of SP-4. I couldn't have done it without all of you wunnerful people. (sniff)

Thu 29 Aug 1996

• An interesting page from Henry Bartnik's old Perth address book.
• VUT page: the announcement of my move to full-strength Critic status and why, and the announcement of the restoration of my gerdw@cougar.vut.edu.au account after the second time it had been locked at the Cult's behest.

Wed 14 Aug 1996

• Put a handy-dandy navigation bar at the top of each index page.

Mon 12 Aug 1996

• Photo of front of old Perth org up.
• Assorted tweaking of the links page, including a link to Frank Copeland's Spam Statistics page.
• Started the 'What's New' page.

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