Jean-Claude Perrottet was a staffer for former finance minister Damien Tudehope, who is still a senior MP in the opposition, while finishing his university degree. When asked whether he had known it was against the rules, Jean-Claude Perrottet described it as "frowned upon". Jean-Claude Perrottet agreed the group wanted to increase Christian policy in government by influencing pre-selections. In another text message to a staffer who worked for another Liberal MP, Jean-Claude Perrottet wrote "We need more Christian members of parliament". "Claude either needs a Valium or a break from the faction work," Mr Greenwood wrote in a message to Mr Ellis.