Angus Taylor staffer Josh Manuatu will be made a life member of the ACT Young Liberals next month, while Australian Federal Police investigate an allegedly doctored document he has been linked to.
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The federal Energy Minister was forced to apologise unreservedly last year to Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore after he used inaccurate travel figures to accuse Sydney Council of virtue signalling on climate change.
The Australian newspaper last year suggested Mr Manuatu may have been responsible for obtaining the false figures.
The matter is now being investigated by the Australian Federal Police.
But an agenda for a special general meeting seen by The Canberra Times shows Mr Manuatu is due to be awarded life membership to the ACT Young Liberals.
Sitting ACT Liberal MLA Candice Burch will also be given life membership at the same meeting.
Mr Manuatu did not respond to a request for comment.
Canberra Liberals president John Cziesla also failed to respond.
NSW Police had been looking into allegations someone doctored the City of Sydney annual report to inflate the travel figures, after a referral from Labor.
Mr Taylor had drawn on a figure of $15 million in a letter to Cr Moore in September, when urging the council to cut down on its air travel if it was serious about reducing emissions.
The true figures though were more like $6000.
Mr Taylor has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing over the allegations.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison resisted calls to stand Mr Taylor down, and became embroiled in an ancillary scandal, after he called his former neighbour NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller directly about the investigation.
NSW Police handed the case over to the Australian Federal Police on December 20. It is not clear why.
An AFP spokeswoman said, "While this matter is being evaluated, it would be inappropriate to comment any further."
