Australian News Index 2006:

• Anglican diocese of Sydney like cult: minister - Dec. 9, 2006
  The Anglican diocese of Sydney is in danger of acting more like a cult than a church in its attempts to suppress dissent...
  
• Cult-Like Mystery Charity Looking to Recruit - Dec. 9, 2006
  A mysterious “cult-like” charity led by a millionaire fugitive is scouting in Wellington for volunteers to work in Africa.
  
• 'Exclusive Bretheren: - November 24, 2006
  Exclusive Brethren sect target Greens
  
• Universal Brotherhood: How a hippie dream fell apart - July 30, 2006
  In the 70s, an idealistic young man decided he would change the world. With high ethical and moral principles he joined a sect in WA’s South-West. Today, he looks back on those days with some regrets. So what went wrong?
  
• What is the Twelve Tribes? - July 23, 2006
  The Twelve Tribes was started in 1973 as one of several communal groups sprung from the so-called Jesus Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. But, while other groups have long since disbanded, the Twelve Tribes has endured for more than 30 years.
  
• Exclusive Brethren: Hidden prophets - July 1, 2006
  You don't know these three Sydney suburban businessmen, but their sect has influenced politics in four countries. David Marr reports.
  
• Landmark Education - June 11, 2006
  WA [Western Australia] children as young as eight who attend “life-changing” coaching sessions by a controversial US company could have difficulty with their schoolwork afterwards, according to experts.
  
• Order of Saint Charbel - June 8, 2006
  School property linked to the Order of St Charbel religious cult at Cambewarra has been sold at auction.
  
• Secrets of Kenja sect in sex case - May 25, 2006
  The secrets of a Sydney sect were exposed yesterday when the 84-year-old head of the Kenja cult faced court charged with indecent assault on two 12-year-old girls.
  
• Breaking the Fellowship: - March 4, 2006
  a bitter-sweet crusade - An elitist cult has successfully operated as a church within a church - until now.
  
• Scientology: - February 16, 2006
  Australia braced for Tom Cruise and the closet
  
• The Unknown Story of Cornelia Rau - September, 2005
  Cornelia Rau had the misfortune of becoming involved with a Sydney sect called Kenja. This marked the turning point in her life, the disaster from which all else flowed.
  
• Hare Krishnas - June 2, 2003
  Allegations of child sex abuse could cost America's Hare Krishnas about $600 million. Can the Australian movement survive the fallout?