Billy Fitzsimons

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650 appearances 14 recordings 3 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Aug

Billy Fitzsimons’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Daily Aus · The email that exposed cult survivors · 2 Aug 2026 podcast

Yeah, it kind of reminds me of OCD, just in the sense of it's one of those words that we kind of throw around sometimes. matched

And it actually is a really serious thing that we don't always acknowledge when we do throw it around like we do. matched

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And when you say, oh, she has OCD, if you're just talking about someone who's... Someone who's clean. matched

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And that's not actually accurate. matched

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And it's semi part of the reason with cults that they actually don't have a standard legal definition in Australia. matched

And with this inquiry, they said that it shouldn't be defined in Australian law, or in this case, in the law in Victoria, because... matched

it has become so popularised in a way that it doesn't quite fit the law. matched

They still use the term because it's the term that we all recognise and we understand what it means. matched

But in terms of really understanding what it means, they recommend looking at the... They being the Victorian Inquiry? matched

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Looking at the behaviours as opposed to the beliefs. matched

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Of a cult. matched

Or a group of people who are showing signs of cult-like behaviours, which are things like extreme influence over a person's daily life, including who they see, where they go, how they spend their time, really controlling that behaviour. matched

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