AdvertisementUpdated NationalNSWEducation ‘Fire and brimstone on acid’: Inside a Sydney private school’s control tactics Emily Kowal August 10, 2026 — 2:14pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. AdvertisementFrost also said he hoped that the inquiry would help the government recognise group-based coercive control. Some spoke of having their identity documents withheld – a tactic Cockayne called a “fundamental way to exercise control”. A submission by former student Danny Nowlan described Redeemer’s teachings as “fire and brimstone on acid”, with “extreme patriarchal control”. In a submission to the inquiry, Redeemer Baptist School expressed concern over a “trial by media”.