Today we’ll continue hearing evidence from one-time Liberal staffer and Catholic Schools NSW employee Dylan Whitelaw.

The 25-year-old now State Emergency Services assistant commander was a key member of the Reformers, the group of religious conservative Liberal operatives at the core of this inquiry.

The commission heard Whitelaw often spent time during his day working on activities to benefit the Reformers goal of stacking Liberal branches with conservatives, on the “Catholic Schools’ dime”.

Barely out of high school Whitelaw was hand-picked for a job by former CEO Dallas McInerney, the commission heard yesterday, who Whitelaw said encouraged him to complete Liberal Party activities while at work.

He was also a staffer for Liberal MP Anthony Roberts, and for a time worked at Beckington Group – the company set up by fellow Reformer Christian Ellis along with Jeremy Greenwood. The ICAC is investigating if invoices paid to Beckington Group by Catholic Schools NSW were actually political donations to further the goal of stacking branches with conservatives.