14 International Journal of Cultic Studies ■ Vol. 3, 2012
Freckelton, Ian. (1998). “Cults,” calamities and psychological
consequences. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Vol. 5, No. 1 (pp. 1–
46).
Hockley, Catherine. (3 November 2011). Create special laws for cults:
DPP. The Advertiser. Retrieved online at
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/create-special-laws-for-cults-
dpp/story-e6frea6u-1226184076536
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and
Constitutional Affairs. (1997). Constitutional change: Select sources
on constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997. Canberra: The
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Hume, Lynne. (1995). Witchcraft and the law in Australia. Journal of
Church and State, 37, 135–50.
International Cultic Studies Association. (22–24 June 2006).
Psychological manipulation, cultic groups, and other alternative
movements. Conference handbook 2006. (ICSA Annual International
Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Kohn, Rachael. (1996). Cults and the New Age in Australia. In Bouma,
Gary (Ed.). Many religions, all Australians: Religious settlement,
identity and cultural diversity. Adelaide: Christian Research
Association.
Lifton, Robert Jay. (1999). Destroying the world to save it: Aum
Shinrikyo, apocalyptic violence, and the new global terrorism. New
York: Metropolitan Books.
Lynch, Andrew. (2005). The constitutional significance of the Church
of England. In Radan, Peter, Denise Meyerson and Rosalind F.
Croucher (Eds.). Law and religion (pp. 168–196). NY: Routledge.
The Macquarie Dictionary. (1981). Sydney: Macquarie Library Pty
Ltd.
Macquarie International GLP Team. (2008). Student’s guide to the
Global Leadership Program. Sydney: Macquarie University.
Ministry of Welfare and Social Services. (2011). An examination of the
phenomenon of cults in Israel: Report of the Ministry of Welfare and
Social Services Team. State of Israel.
Minus, Jodie. (28 June 2010). Deported cleric Mansour Leghaei returns
to Iran. The Australian. Retrieved online at
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/deported-cleric-mansour-
leghaei-returns-to-iran/story-e6frg6nf-1225884951184
Mutch, Stephen. (2000). From “cult” to “religion”—claims for
religious freedom enabled the “cult” of Scientology to overcome
government suppression, win legal recognition and gain tax exempt
status as a religious institution in Australia. [Graduate Diploma in Arts
(by research), University of New South Wales].
Mutch, Stephen. (2004). Cults, religion and public policy: A
comparison of official responses to scientology in Australia and the
United Kingdom. (PhD thesis, University of New South Wales).
Mutch, Stephen. (2009). Scientologists in Australia. In James Jupp
(Ed.). The encyclopedia of religion in Australia. Nyak, NY: Cambridge
University Press.
Mutch, Stephen. (2nd November 2011). Cults and public policy:
Protecting the victims of cultic abuse in Australia. In Cults in Australia:
Facing the realities. Cult Information &Family Support (CIFS)
Conference: Old Parliament House &Parliament House, Canberra.
Hosted by Senators Sue Boyce &Nick Xenophon.
Rose, Richard. (2005). Learning from comparative public policy: A
practical guide. London: Routledge.
Sadurski, Wojciech. (1989). Last among equals: Minorities and
Australian judge-made law. Australian Law Journal, 63 (pp. 474–484).
Samways, Louise. (1994). Dangerous persuaders: An expose of gurus,
personal development courses and cults, and how they operate in
Australia. Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin Australia.
Senate Economics Legislation Committee. (2010). Report on the Tax
Laws Amendment (Public Benefit Test) Bill 2010. Canberra: Senate.
Sheppard, Hon Ian. (2001). Report of the inquiry into the definition of
charities and related organisations. Canberra: The Treasury,
Commonwealth of Australia.
Shi, Ji. (1999). Li Hongzhi &His “Falon Gong”: Deceiving the public
and ruining lives. Beijing, China: New Star Publishers.
Smith, Christian. (2003). The secular revolution: Power, interests, and
conflict in the secularization of American public life. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Stop pay for prayer. (14 March 2006). Hills News.
Thomas, R. Murray. (2006). Religion in schools: Controversies around
the world. Westport, Connecticut London: Praeger.
Toft, Monica Duffy, Philpott, Daniel, and Shah, Timothy Samuel.
(2011). God’s century: Resurgent religion and global politics. New
York, London: WW Norton &Company.
Uhr, John. Constitutions and rights. (2006). In Peters, B. Guy and Jon
Pierre (Eds.). Handbook of public policy, pp. 169–185. London: SAGE
Publications.
Wallace, Max. (2007). The purple rconomy: Supernatural charities, tax
and the state. Elsternwick, Victoria: Australian National Secular
Association.
About the Author
Dr Stephen Mutch, PhD, LLB (UNSW), is
Honorary Fellow, Department of Modern
History, Politics and International Relations,
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and a
member of the editorial board of the
International Journal of Cultic Studies. He is a
former member of the NSW Legislative Council
(State Senate) and the Australian House of
Representatives.
Freckelton, Ian. (1998). “Cults,” calamities and psychological
consequences. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Vol. 5, No. 1 (pp. 1–
46).
Hockley, Catherine. (3 November 2011). Create special laws for cults:
DPP. The Advertiser. Retrieved online at
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/create-special-laws-for-cults-
dpp/story-e6frea6u-1226184076536
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and
Constitutional Affairs. (1997). Constitutional change: Select sources
on constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997. Canberra: The
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Hume, Lynne. (1995). Witchcraft and the law in Australia. Journal of
Church and State, 37, 135–50.
International Cultic Studies Association. (22–24 June 2006).
Psychological manipulation, cultic groups, and other alternative
movements. Conference handbook 2006. (ICSA Annual International
Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Kohn, Rachael. (1996). Cults and the New Age in Australia. In Bouma,
Gary (Ed.). Many religions, all Australians: Religious settlement,
identity and cultural diversity. Adelaide: Christian Research
Association.
Lifton, Robert Jay. (1999). Destroying the world to save it: Aum
Shinrikyo, apocalyptic violence, and the new global terrorism. New
York: Metropolitan Books.
Lynch, Andrew. (2005). The constitutional significance of the Church
of England. In Radan, Peter, Denise Meyerson and Rosalind F.
Croucher (Eds.). Law and religion (pp. 168–196). NY: Routledge.
The Macquarie Dictionary. (1981). Sydney: Macquarie Library Pty
Ltd.
Macquarie International GLP Team. (2008). Student’s guide to the
Global Leadership Program. Sydney: Macquarie University.
Ministry of Welfare and Social Services. (2011). An examination of the
phenomenon of cults in Israel: Report of the Ministry of Welfare and
Social Services Team. State of Israel.
Minus, Jodie. (28 June 2010). Deported cleric Mansour Leghaei returns
to Iran. The Australian. Retrieved online at
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/deported-cleric-mansour-
leghaei-returns-to-iran/story-e6frg6nf-1225884951184
Mutch, Stephen. (2000). From “cult” to “religion”—claims for
religious freedom enabled the “cult” of Scientology to overcome
government suppression, win legal recognition and gain tax exempt
status as a religious institution in Australia. [Graduate Diploma in Arts
(by research), University of New South Wales].
Mutch, Stephen. (2004). Cults, religion and public policy: A
comparison of official responses to scientology in Australia and the
United Kingdom. (PhD thesis, University of New South Wales).
Mutch, Stephen. (2009). Scientologists in Australia. In James Jupp
(Ed.). The encyclopedia of religion in Australia. Nyak, NY: Cambridge
University Press.
Mutch, Stephen. (2nd November 2011). Cults and public policy:
Protecting the victims of cultic abuse in Australia. In Cults in Australia:
Facing the realities. Cult Information &Family Support (CIFS)
Conference: Old Parliament House &Parliament House, Canberra.
Hosted by Senators Sue Boyce &Nick Xenophon.
Rose, Richard. (2005). Learning from comparative public policy: A
practical guide. London: Routledge.
Sadurski, Wojciech. (1989). Last among equals: Minorities and
Australian judge-made law. Australian Law Journal, 63 (pp. 474–484).
Samways, Louise. (1994). Dangerous persuaders: An expose of gurus,
personal development courses and cults, and how they operate in
Australia. Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin Australia.
Senate Economics Legislation Committee. (2010). Report on the Tax
Laws Amendment (Public Benefit Test) Bill 2010. Canberra: Senate.
Sheppard, Hon Ian. (2001). Report of the inquiry into the definition of
charities and related organisations. Canberra: The Treasury,
Commonwealth of Australia.
Shi, Ji. (1999). Li Hongzhi &His “Falon Gong”: Deceiving the public
and ruining lives. Beijing, China: New Star Publishers.
Smith, Christian. (2003). The secular revolution: Power, interests, and
conflict in the secularization of American public life. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Stop pay for prayer. (14 March 2006). Hills News.
Thomas, R. Murray. (2006). Religion in schools: Controversies around
the world. Westport, Connecticut London: Praeger.
Toft, Monica Duffy, Philpott, Daniel, and Shah, Timothy Samuel.
(2011). God’s century: Resurgent religion and global politics. New
York, London: WW Norton &Company.
Uhr, John. Constitutions and rights. (2006). In Peters, B. Guy and Jon
Pierre (Eds.). Handbook of public policy, pp. 169–185. London: SAGE
Publications.
Wallace, Max. (2007). The purple rconomy: Supernatural charities, tax
and the state. Elsternwick, Victoria: Australian National Secular
Association.
About the Author
Dr Stephen Mutch, PhD, LLB (UNSW), is
Honorary Fellow, Department of Modern
History, Politics and International Relations,
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and a
member of the editorial board of the
International Journal of Cultic Studies. He is a
former member of the NSW Legislative Council
(State Senate) and the Australian House of
Representatives.
