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Mutch unsuccessfully contested
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The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions
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Mutch married Jennifer Brown in 1994, with whom he had two children.
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Mutch worked as a policy adviser from 1984 to 1987. He won
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Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change
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and was re-elected to a further eight-year term at the
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In May 1995, Mutch won preselection for the federal
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National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales
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486:"Mr Stephen Bruce MUTCH, M.A., LL.B. (1956 - )"
357:. He retained the seat for the Liberals at the
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232:from 1988 to 1996 and represented the seat of
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1500:Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control
412:. In the same year he publicly alleged that
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1577:The Making of a Moonie
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1279:Walter Ralston Martin
1187:Religious individuals
406:Church of Scientology
359:1996 federal election
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16:Australian politician
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612:Australia Votes 2010
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1605:Recovery from Cults
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573:. 25 November 1986.
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