NSW Reformers plotted to takeover Coffs Harbour branch of Liberal Party
An investigation into the 'Reformers' sub-faction of the NSW Liberal Party reveals a plot to take over local branches to influence party direction. The group is linked to potential misuse of funds from Catholic Schools NSW and is currently under scrutiny by the ICAC.
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This highlights internal political corruption and the influence of sub-factions on party integrity and public funding.
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Share A A A ICAC’s Operation Rosny is investigating property developer Jean Nassif’s links to political powerbrokers, councils and Catholic schools. See all stories . A group of twenty-something blokes who called themselves the Reformers dared to dream big. The like-minded right-wing Catholics had a plan to take over the Liberal Party one branch at a time to make the conservative movement great again. In July 2018, God delivered.
“Great news. God’s granted us a victory,” Reformers co-founder Robert Assaf boasted in a message to a supporter of the sub-faction of the Liberals. “We’ve officially taken the Coffs Harbour branch away from the Left wing.”
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