Robert Assaf, co-founder of the NSW Reformers, testified before the ICAC about the group’s controversial fundraising and recruitment tactics, admitting they were “very amateur” but remarkably effective at bringing in 1,200 Christian conservatives by 2020 — enough to gain executive representation. He claimed the group operated as an internal party faction, exempt from donation rules, though he acknowledged a $5,000 monthly payment from a hotelier funneled through a lobbying firm to obscure funding. Assaf also revealed that federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor knew about and supported the Reformers, while naming Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti Wells, Damien Tudehope, and Anthony Roberts as key backers. Motivated by faith and policy change, Assaf described the Liberal Party’s right wing as “warring kingdoms” — constantly at odds but occasionally uniting for major battles.
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