The Geelong Revival Centre.

Controlling cults face parliamentary spotlight amid push for new laws

After a push from ex-members and reporting on a controversial Victorian church,a new inquiry will examine coercive control by organisations.

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Former members of the Geelong Revival Centre are pushing for a widening of coercive control laws to cover cults and changes to the tax breaks afforded to religious groups.

Call to outlaw ‘coercive’ cults,stop financial secrecy for extreme churches

Revelations about alleged abuse and other disturbing behaviour at a secretive Pentecostal church have sparked calls for reform.

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Secret recordings reveal the bizarre teachings of one of Australia’s most extreme churches

New leaked audio and church material reveal the extreme teachings of the secretive church’s leadership.

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The Geelong Revival Centre is under examination over its promotion of corporal punishment for children.

Leaked recordings reveal secretive church pushing physical punishment of children

On the tape,a pastor says using the “rod of correction” can help prevent school shootings and gender dysphoria.

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Stacy was told she would have to marry the man who raped her.

‘Like Handmaid’s Tale’:Church’s doctrine pushed teen to marry her rapist

Racism,misogyny and homophobia:this is the gospel taught in one of Australia’s most extreme Pentecostal church networks.

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Former members of the Geelong Revival Centre accuse its founder and “Pastor”,the late Noel Hollins,of controlling their lives.

‘Whole world on fire’:Inside one of Australia’s most extreme churches

Leaked recordings and testimony from former members have revealed how this Pentecostal church operates.

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King Charles asked Pratt to cease payments outside charity

Secret recordings capture billionaire Anthony Pratt describing how the monarch wanted to avoid any perceptions of impropriety.

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‘Being rich is my superpower’:Tapes reveal Pratt’s pursuit of the powerful

Recordings expose billionaire Anthony Pratt’s dealings with Donald Trump,Rudy Giuliani and King Charles.

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A member of a controversial church in Geelong has been charged with child sex offences.

Member of controversial Geelong church charged with child sex abuse offences

A man connected with the secretive and ultra-conservative Geelong Revival Centre has been charged with multiple child sex abuse offences.

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Open investigation:Despite trials,tribulations,there’s still no justice over Kew killing

As the final episode of The Confession podcast goes to air,no one can say with certainty who killed Eliah Abdelmessih,Katia Pyliotis remains in legal limbo,and Victoria Police is yet to hold anyone to account for its botched investigation.

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