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Introduction: A Manufactured Crisis in Plain Sight The Central Coast of New South Wales is experiencing a deepening homelessness and housing crisis of both visible and concealed proportions. Tents and makeshift encampments in parks, reserves, and under bridges mark the growing presence of the unhoused, while an even larger population remains hidden in overcrowded homes,…
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This long-form piece exposes the interconnected dynamics of settler simulation, Aboriginal identity fraud, and the manufactured obstruction of housing justice across the Central Coast of New South Wales. We examine the roles of non-Indigenous groups such as the so-called GuriNgai, Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA), and affiliated conspiracist media in orchestrating sophisticated settler-colonial opposition. Drawing on…
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Abstract This article further examines the psychological, sociological, and cultural literature on cult disengagement and recovery, applying these frameworks to the GuriNgai group and the Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA). Drawing on foundational work by Langone, Lalich, Lifton, Singer, and Hassan; including Langone’s analysis of cultic trauma and Hassan’s BITE model of behavioural, informational, thought, and…
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Abstract Conspirituality, a term coined by Ward and Voas (2011), describes the fusion of New Age spirituality with conspiracy theories. This concept is especially relevant in the Australian context, where a historical mistrust of government institutions, the valorisation of rugged individualism, and the rampant appropriation of Indigenous motifs create fertile ground for such hybrid belief…
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Executive Summary This report provides a comprehensive analysis of substantiated allegations concerning Indigenous Identity Appropriation and fraud related to the ‘GuriNgai’ identity in New South Wales. These results of a years long investigation critically examine the historical validity of the ‘GuriNgai’ ethnonym, the genealogical and cultural claims of the non-Aboriginal group known as Guringai Tribal…
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Executive Summary This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the interconnected phenomena of pseudolaw, cultism, conspirituality, and Indigenous identity fraud in Australia, with a specific focus on their manifestation and impact in the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast and Sydney regions. The analysis reveals that these movements, while seemingly disparate, frequently converge to pose…
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Abstract: A critical analysis of the campaign by Jake Cassar and the Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) to revive Old Sydney Town, a defunct colonial theme park in Somersby, New South Wales. While promoted as a grassroots heritage project, the revival effort reveals deeper settler-colonial investments in cultural mimicry, identity fraud, and the erasure of Aboriginal authority.…


