A series of events boasting high-profile Liberals including Catholic schools boss Dallas McInerney formed a key plank of a plot by the hard right to take out factional enemies.

A series of events boasting high-profile Liberals including Catholic schools boss Dallas McInerney formed a key plank of a plot by the hard right to take out factional enemies.

The separation of church and state is a fundamental principle of Australian democracy – maybe someone should remind the hard-right Liberals.