Former Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said he was considering a political comeback – despite revelations he covered-up a corruption scandal at the nation’s corporate regulator.

Liberal candidate for the Aston by-election, Roshena Campbell, appears to have already ingratiated herself with the so-called Victorian “blue bloods”.

The Federal Government has become embroiled in another salary cap scandal, this time involving a key official of the nation’s media watchdog, secret Ombudsman documents reveal.

The corporate regulator has completed its review into the expenses scandal that cost the jobs of its chair James Shipton and deputy Dan Crennan - but it’s refusing to disclose the outcome.

Key government officials, including Treasury Secretary Stephen Kennedy, refuse to back Treasurer Frydenberg’s unsubstantiated claims that the ASIC corruption review found no wrongdoing.

The company paid $110,000 to conduct a “review” into $118,557 ASIC chair James Shipton charged the public for personal “tax advice” refuses to stand by government claims there was no wrongdoing