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"The current laws that we have just don't deal with issues of psychological manipulation, effectively brainwashing, the way that people are deceived into handing over their money to these cults," he said.
Senator Xenophon says details emerging about Agape have been frightening.
"The fear, the manipulation and the coercion they were put under was just enormous. That's why we actually need to have laws that can deal with an issue like this which wouldn't impact in any way on the freedom of religion," he said.
A former cult member Phil Arbon has told the ABC he has been getting death threats since going public with details about the cult.