A government adviser facing claims he obtained doctored figures used by Energy Minister Angus Taylor to attack Sydney's Lord Mayor will keep his job.
NSW Police has launched Strike Force Garrad to investigate Mr Taylor's role into the scandal after Labor referred the matter last month.
Mr Taylor later apologised to Ms Moore and has conceded that he used incorrect numbers over her travel expenses and carbon emissions, but had continued to deny his office forged a false document. Mr Manuatu, a former president of the Young Liberals, joined Mr Taylor's office following the May election and was formerly a senior aide to Eric Abetz and adviser for Mr Taylor's predecessor in the seat of Hume, Alby Schultz.
He was linked to a controversy in 2014 where advisers encouraged federal officials to "massage" their economic forecasts to match the Coalition's vow to create one million jobs over five years. Amid concern the original estimates would fall short of the target, staffers for Senator Abetz - then the employment minister - asked department experts to adjust their figures to add 160,000 jobs to the projections.The ongoing controversy over Angus Taylor has threatened to engulf other senior members of the government, with
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