"You're strategically placing your new conservative recruits into particular branches where you need the numbers to take control for the right faction," Ms Curtin said. Mr Perrottet told the inquiry he did not know whether Mr Tudehope was aware he was doing Reformers work during office hours. When asked whether he had known it was against the rules, Mr Perrottet described it as "frowned upon". you were, let's put it this way, bordering on obsessive about this factional work," Ms Curtin asked. Ms Curtin suggested the less derogatory term, "passionate", with which he agreed.