A Victorian parliamentary committee has uncovered how high-control groups—religious, commercial, or wellness-based—inflict deep psychological harm through coercive tactics like surveillance, punishment for dissent, and identity dependence. Their report calls for urgent reforms: new criminal laws targeting “group-based coercion,” better training for frontline workers, and dismantling tax exemptions for abusive organizations. Escaped members like Laura McConnell reveal how institutions fail to understand their trauma due to a lack of shared language. With over 600 submissions and heartbreaking testimony, the committee warns that it’s the control mechanisms—not beliefs—that cause lasting damage, urging swift action before change stalls again.
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