Jul 31, 2026 – 5.43pmA Liberal Party operative has admitted to taking sick leave to do factional work while employed at Catholic Schools NSW before advising its chief executive, Dallas McInerney, to stop paying the co-founder of the Reformers sub-faction because he couldn’t be trusted.Robert Assaf, a Catholic Schools NSW employee from the Reformers Christian sub-faction, told the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Friday that he fell out with co-founder Christian Ellis over money paid to Ellis’ consultancy Beckington.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
‘Silly’ invoices and sickies: ICAC questions Reformer operative
Liberal Robert Assaf told the Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry the sub-faction was not trying to contravene political donation laws.
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