http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/6569078/money/scientology-lesson Scientology lesson * Reporter: Bryan Seymour * Broadcast Date: December 09, 2009 If you think the Federal Senate should hold an inquiry into Scientology, write to: Tony Abbott, Federal Liberal/Opposition Leader Tony.Abbott.MP@aph.gov.au PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT 2600 Ph: (02)9977 6411 Senator Nick Xenophon senator.xenophon@aph.gov.au 212 Grenfell St, Adelaide, SA 5000 Ph: (08)8232 1144 The campaign for a Senate inquiry into Scientology is getting stronger, with the Greens adding their support. We're continuing our investigation, especially into two Scientology schools and a million dollar fundraising campaign kept secret, until now. The Yarralinda school in the Melbourne suburb of Mooroolbark looks lovely. And has nothing to do with the church of Scientology, or does it? "The Commonwealth has a lot of skin in the game. They're giving our money to those schools to the tune of $1.4 million over the next four years. That's a lot of money, that buys a stake in what's going on in those schools," said New South Wales Greens MP Dr John Kaye. The Yarralinda school in Melbourne and The Athena school in the Sydney suburb of Glebe both employ the so-called teaching technology developed by Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard called 'Applied Scholastics' or 'Study Tech'. "There's no scientific evidence that applied scholastics works, there's no scientific evidence that it's been tested, that there are controlled studies that show that this teaching actually does produce outcomes," Dr Kaye said. Both schools claim they are secular schools that do not promote, teach or advocate Scientology or any other religion. We obtained a document titled 'Knowledge report' (a Scientology term) and written by the principal of Yarralinda school, Christel Duffy. It outlines in detail the plan to mortgage the school for $1 million and to give that money to the church of Scientology. It was allegedly used to assist in buying a $7 million dollar property in Ascot Vale, close to Melbourne's CBD. A former Catholic College and home to the Sisters of Mercy, it's to be the future home of Scientology, called the 'Melbourne Ideal Org', partly bankrolled by using the Yarralinda school as security. The million dollars was to be repaid in full by donors associated with the church. it's claimed the school board was shocked to learn it put at risk the school's Government funding and could