Text messages exposed at a corruption hearing reveal Robert Assaf, a key figure in a religious political group, was earning $135,000 from Catholic Schools NSW while allegedly performing factional work for the Liberal Party’s right-wing Reformers. Colleagues like Jean-Claude Perrottet criticized him for being paid while they worked for free. Assaf denied his salary was tied to Reformers loyalty, but tensions flared with Ellis over unpaid commissions from clients he introduced. He also stepped back from the group, citing unresolved concerns about Ellis’s ties to a fugitive developer and frustration that Reformers were consumed by internal feuds — especially a bitter rivalry between the Perrottet family and Alex Hawke — distracting from their broader mission.
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