Tag: high-control groups
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Why Don’t Cults Pay Tax?
At first glance, this seems like a simple question. If an organisation harms people, why does it receive charitable status and the tax concessions that come with it? The obvious answer is failure of enforcement. But that does not quite fit the evidence. Since its establishment in 2012, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has…
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Media Release
Survivors of cults and high-control groups across Victoria are speaking up in unprecedented numbers, many for the first time, and expressing genuine hope that change is finally possible. Their experiences have shaped Beyond Belief, a survivor-led report co-developed by the Australian Cult Survivors Network, Stop Religious Coercion Australia, a working group of survivor-led organisations, and…
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Briefing: Parliamentary Inquiry
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…
Patrick McIvor 