Tomorrow I will be presenting evidence to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups.
For anyone who cannot wait to read a set of parliamentary inquiry slides on a Sunday night, here they are.
A key point I will be making is that criminalisation is not the primary solution. Only one of our sixteen recommendations is about criminal law. The most important work is in building a shared-language for understanding high-control groups, and tools for disrupting coercive patterns long before harm escalates.
I will also talk about lived-experience leadership and how a survivor-led civil scheme can support prevention and cultural change.
Patrick McIvor 