How should the law respond to cults and groups that coerce and control?
About this episode
The episode discusses the Victorian parliament's inquiry into cults and the proposed laws to address coercive control by such groups.
The Victorian parliament has published a groundbreaking inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups. Among the inquiry's recommendations are world-first laws to criminalise coercive control behaviours by groups.
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