维多利亚州议会开展的调查发现，现有法律在保护邪教幸存者方面存在重大缺陷。1该调查基于291份提交意见和317份匿名问卷回应进行，其中包括幸存者的证词。1调查报告题为《越过底线：高度控制群体中的强制和伤害》，指出强制性群体常常规避强制报告义务。1
议会建议政府制定新的刑事立法，将基于群体的强制性胁迫行为定为犯罪。1建议的新法律定义明确了目标行为的界限——控制必须达到"足够全面或普遍的程度，以至于压制一个人独立生活、思考或行动的能力"。1报告同时建议政府在2029年2月前推出相关立法，并对儿童安全法、教育安排和慈善法等进行审查。1
心理学家Ahona Guha在证词中披露，她曾在17至23岁期间在邪教中生活。1此次调查源于2024年4月启动，由播客《Secrets We Keep: Pray Harder》和《The Age》报纸对Geelong Revival Centre的指控所引发。1
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has concluded that current legislation does not adequately safeguard survivors of high-control groups, recommending the introduction of new criminal laws to address coercive practices based on group dynamics.1 The investigation, titled "Crossing the Line: Coercion and Harm in High-Control Groups," drew on 291 submissions and 317 anonymous survey responses, including testimony from survivors.1 The proposed legislation would define harmful coercion as control that reaches "a sufficiently comprehensive or pervasive degree as to suppress a person's capacity to live, think or act independently."1
The inquiry recommends that the government introduce the new legislation by February 2029 and conduct reviews of child safety laws, education arrangements, and charitable legislation.1 The investigation was initiated in April following allegations raised in the podcast "Secrets We Keep: Pray Harder" and reporting by The Age regarding the Geelong Revival Centre.1 According to the report, coercive groups commonly circumvent mandatory reporting obligations, leaving vulnerable individuals without protection under existing legal frameworks.1
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