How the ‘Braveheart’ tribe of young Liberals descended from the Hills only to have their kilts lifted by Icac

Icac is investigating whether the NSW Liberals sub-faction took illegal donations and broke electoral funding lawsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“A cult” is how former NSW MP David Elliott described the Reformers, the secretive sub-faction of the NSW Liberals at the centre of the sensational Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation, which has just completed its first week of hearings.Akin to a Scottish tribe from the movie, Braveheart, was how one of the Reformers, Robert Assaf, described it, telling Icac the group sometimes slaughtered their fellow rightwingers in the Liberal party but came together for the big fights. Continue reading...