It started off with The Messenger Newspaper (The City Messenger & Eastern Courier specificly):

J-Lo snared in YouTube video

Louise Russell 09 Jul 08

CITY of Adelaide Minister Jane Lomax-Smith unknowingly appears in an internet video in which she brands members of Scientology as “bastards” while criticising the group’s entitlement to tax exemptions for religious organisations.

Her comments were secretly filmed in May by the internet collective Anonymous, which has been conducting protests against Scientology and posted on the online video site, YouTube.

Anonymous members, often wearing eye-catching disguises, have been holding monthly protests against Scientology and its teachings.

The YouTube video shows Dr Lomax-Smith in front of a restaurant in Waymouth St, next door to Scientology, asking a group of masked people: “Are you all related to someone who’s been sucked in?”

The video, which appeared to be taken without Dr Lomax-Smith’s consent, then hears her discussing Scientology’s tax exemptions, a status shared by other religious organisations and charities.

“They should be taxed, the bastards,” she is heard saying. “They shouldn’t be tax free, we’re subsidising them.”

In an emailed statement from the ministers’ media adviser Leah Manuel, Dr Lomax-Smith said: “It was a private conversation and I was expressing a personal view. There’s nothing more to add.”

Scientologist spokesman Nigel Manock said he was aware of the video and had sought clarification from the State Government, which had responded by saying Dr Lomax-Smith’s views did not reflect State Labor antidiscrimination

Then The Advertiser picked up on it:

Jane Lomax-Smith: Scientologists are ‘bastards’ who should be taxed

MICHAEL OWEN, POLITICAL REPORTER July 10, 2008 03:20pm

EDUCATION Minister Jane Lomax-Smith has been caught on tape declaring Scientologists “should be taxed, the bastards”.

Footage from a video recorded during a protest on May 10 by internet activist group Anonymous has emerged which shows Dr Lomax-Smith casually chatting to protesters in Adelaide.

Clearly not a fan of the controversial Church of Scientology, Dr Lomax-Smith asks protesters how frequently they gather and exclaims, “oh, it’s great”.

She then asks about the protest group, which is dedicated to “dismantling and destroying” the Church of Scientology.

Watch the video here - the footage featuring Jane Lomax-Smith begins at the 8:05 mark, towards the end of the recording

It wants the church’s tax-exempt status rescinded, alleging it is a cult rather than a religion.

The religious organisation is regularly in the news for its beliefs and high-profile celebrity spokespeople such as Tom Cruise, as well as its fundraising activities.

Dr Lomax-Smith tells protesters: “They should be taxed, the bastards. They shouldn’t be tax-free, we’re subsidising them.”

She then says: “I like your masks.”

In an emailed statement issued today, Dr Lomax-Smith said: “It was a private conversation and I was expressing a personal view. There’s nothing more to add.”

Church of Scientology Australia president Vicki Dunstan said the organisation was entitled to the same rights as other churches “and the full bench of the High Court of Australia unanimously confirmed this in 1983″.

“Dr Lomax-Smith is an elected official and as such represents the voice and rights of the many different races, cultures and creeds in their electorate,” Ms Dunstan said.

“She has a duty to follow the policy of her party and refrain from making derogatory public comments that promote intolerance and violate the very basis of our democratic constitution.”

State Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith said Dr Lomax-Smith’s assertion that the church should not be exempt from tax “flies in the face of federal and state decisions to exempt the church from taxes”.

“The Treasurer has signed off on exemptions from state payroll taxes and they include organisations such as the Church of Scientology,” Mr Hamilton-Smith said.

“If Dr Lomax-Smith thinks that’s wrong, then she should raise her concerns with (Treasurer Kevin Foley) and justify her case.”

Then The Australian:

Scientologists are bastards: minister

July 10, 2008

A SOUTH Australian minister has attacked the Church of Scientology, branding its members as “bastards”.

Education and Children’s Services Minister Jane Lomax-Smith made the comment to a group of protesters outside the church’s offices in Adelaide.

She was recorded and the video was posted on You Tube sometime after the protest earlier this year.

Ms Lomax-Smith was critical of Scientology’s tax-free status as a religious organisation.

“They should be taxed – the bastards,” she told the small group of protesters from an internet collective called Anonymous.

“They shouldn’t be tax-free, we’re subsidising them.”

The minister approached the group whose members wear masks and asked whether they were all related to someone who had been “sucked in” by scientology.

She has described her comments as personal views made in a private conversation.

Scientology attracts high-profile converts around the world including actor Tom Cruise who is believed to have introduced one of Australia’s richest men, Jamie Packer, to the church and its practices.

[Edit: WE JUST MADE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA - UPI reported on it:]

Official backed in Scientology flap

Published: July 10, 2008 at 9:25 PM

ADELAIDE, Australia, July 10 (UPI) — The South Australian government said Friday that the education minister had a right to call Scientologists “bastards” in a video posted on YouTube.

Jane Lomax-Smith made the comments in May when she encountered demonstrators from a group that calls itself Anonymous outside the Church of Scientology headquarters in Adelaide, The Australian reports. Lomax-Smith asked the masked protesters if they were related to people who had been “sucked in” by Scientology.

“They should be taxed, the bastards,” she added. “They shouldn’t be tax-free; we’re subsidizing them. I like your masks.”

Anonymous posted the video on the Internet, leading to an official protest from the church to South Australian Premier Mike Rann. In a statement Thursday from Sydney, the church said that Lomax-Smith should not promote intolerance.

Rann’s office said that Lomax-Smith was giving her own views in a private conversation as she has a right to do.

The church, founded by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer, has a number of high-profile members, including movie stars John Travolta and Tom Cruise.

It was also reported on on Channel 7 News Adelaide on the 10th of July, but I am unaware of any cap of it - if you have one, could you please share it to us and link to it in the comments. There was also a much longer print version of the Messenger Article, published in the “Issues” section of The Eastern Courier on the 3rd of July, which we would also like to get a copy of.

The Video in question that they are reporting on is the May 10th Raid video:

And finally, The Today Tonight reports (Scientology: If your listening, we had nothing to do with the making of these videos, we do not work with Channel 7 or Today Tonight in any way)
Part 1:

Scientology Child Labor Exposed on Australian National TV from GrahamS on Vimeo.

Part 2:

Today Tonight Covers Scientology 2 from Syd Anon on Vimeo.

Update: Third Page of the Advertiser (July 11th 2008) Full page article on the Dr Lomax-Smiths comments and us!

Update 2: Checked the Enturbulation Thread.. More Sources:

Thaindian News - Oz minister brands Scientologists bastards [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
LIVENEWS.com.au > National > SA Premier clears minister to call Scientologists bastards
State Government Minister: Scientologists are Bastards
AdelaideNow… Jane Lomax-Smith: Scientologists are ‘bastards’ who should be taxed
Australian Politician: Scientologists Are Bastards!
AdelaideNow… Minister ‘free to call Scientologists bastards’ [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Transcript of a satire peice done by 5AA:

Conlon= Keith Conlon
Pilkington= Tony Pilkington

Pilkington: What about Jane Lomax having a go at the Scientologists and she says, it’s a con and they ought to be taxed, and it’s been put up on the ‘net this morning!
Conlon: The context is that when that anonymous group, the white faces … did their protest a few weeks ago she went and talked to them and this is the soundtrack from the video. So it wasn’t a public statement by her, she was just chatting to them ,but she quite clearly thinks they’re a cult and that they should be taxed. Of course, they should be tax free because they won the right to be a church in Australia
Pilkington: They won … a High Court decision … in the eighties …
Conlon: Somebody should take it on again some time!
Pilkington: Gary’s here …
Jon Blake (As Lomax-Smith) No, sorry it’s not Gary, sorry that must be from some previous caller. It’s Jane Lomax-Smith.
Conlon: Hello there
Jon Blake Hooo, hello. hahahahahaha, look I was going to ring you about this, because it’s really a *missing word* issue and I knew it was close to your heart Keith because you hate them as much as I do.
Conlon: I do, yes.
Jon Blake So … why don’t we have a yelling match? I’ll start off with an abuse and then you come back with one. Bastards.
Conlon: Yeah, shocking.
Jon Blake No, no … You come back with asshole, and I say, ‘mongrels’, and you can say ‘turds’, and I’ll say ‘money driven wackos’, ‘volcano living spaced out goonbars’ and then you can ‘twats’ and then we can use the c-word - call them a bunch of ‘cults’ , a bunch of cults! … Come on, you’re not joining in Keith. I thought you’d be, it’s right up your alley isn’t it, really? Hmmmm? Are you wearing your magic underwear. No, that’s the Mormans isn’t it? we’ll get them next. Byeeeeee, hahahaha
Conlon:…The Mormans don’t charge you thousands of dollars to improve your personality.
Pilkington: So they won a High Court decision back in the eighties … to be considered a church and as such it’s tax exempt …
Conlon: Unlike Germany where they’re banned.

Update 3:

Print Articles:
The Advertiser [Page 3 11th July 2008]
The Australian [11th July 2008]

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The article is on page 17.

Choice quote:

ENTROPY: And a cult, how is it different to a religion?
ANONYMOUS: We’re not basing the ‘cult’ label on its beliefs – rather, on its practices. Apart from its now-infamous Fair Game policy, Scientology also discourages members from having contact with non-Scientologists, except for recruitment purposes.

You’re also required to cease any communications with anyone who is sceptical of the Church – their infamous Disconnection policy. They also try to silence any criticism – like the Tom Cruise video. They even attacked Time Magazine for an article that referred to them as a ‘greedy and dangerous cult’.

Great stuff, keep up the good work people, you do good work and you get noticed.

The article is available from the Entropy site or through our hosted copy Here.

Scientologists have approached Adelaide shop owners who have displayed Anonymous posters: advising them to take down the posters. One shop owner has reported that he was contacted on two occasions by members of the Church of Scientology. Another shop owner has advised members of Anonymous that posters displayed on their premises were stolen. Both locations displayed the posters prominently and were in high-traffic areas of Adelaide.

The first shop owner advised Anonymous that they were warned “not to put up stuff like that”, and the poster was removed. The business agreed to place a second poster in their window, and they were again contacted by Scientology. On the second occasion, the poster was again removed, and they were given a DVD. We have reason to believe this DVD is the Anonymous Hate Crimes film.

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Henry Rollins played in Adelaide at Norwood on Thursday night, afterwards a member of Anon asked him what he thought about Anonymous and Scientology. I don’t think he’s heard much about it, but he does have some personal experiences that he shared with us.

Thanks for sharing Henry and we’re glad you see Scientology for just what they are, a cult.

If you can creep out Henry Rollins, that’s not a good sign.

Today we would like to announce another part of our next protest:

Mass Mail Effect.

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We live in a democracy, so it’s best we start treating it exactly like that.

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We encourage that you find out Which electorate you live in if you are unaware, and Which Member of Parliament to address it to.

Once we start, we will form a line next to a postbox, and upon a given signal, we will one by one post each letter to your local representative in a single democratic act our voices will be heard. YOU will be the one to post the letter, so your anonymity will not be broken.

This will be filmed and any responses that are received afterward should be emailed to AnonSA.

We also encourage non-anonymous (and Anonymous whom cannot attend the protest) to post the letter on the date of the protest to show their support and help ensure the anonymity of members.

We encourage you to spread the word and this idea.

April 12th has now been and gone, and along with it, we held our 3rd successful Raid against Scientology.

This time around we had about 75 people attend the event, but while smaller then the previous events we still had a GREAT turnout with everyone in their best spirits for the day. There was loads of pictures being taken by Anon, the Press & Scientologists alike.

Like the March 15th protest, we marched the city, but with all of us walking down Rundle Mall for massive damage, I don’t think there was a head in the Mall that wasn’t focused on us. There was plenty of requests for free hugs, information and discussion on the subject from the public and while we couldn’t just hand out flyers, plenty still made it into the hands of the people thanks to their requests.

There was plenty of music, dancing and a big ‘love’ theme.

Anyway, enough about the raid itself.. We want to see your pictures, audio & video! - To see how to upload your media to AnonSA , read up the previous post We Want Your Media.

This press pack includes a press release about April 12’s Operation Reconnect (for immediate publication) as well as some relevant background information and examples of the literature we plan to distribute on April 12. There is an alternative version that also contains a few high-res photos from March 15’s Adelaide protest.

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