Geoff Wilson: Tim Wilson

geoff wilson: Labor has called for Tim Wilson to be sacked as chair of the house economics committee after revelations that Geoff Wilson asked the Liberal MP to set committee dates to align with meetings of shareholders who the fund manager then encouraged to attend and protest, according to The Independent. PM says he won't sack Tim Wilson over use of franking credits inquiry Read more Tim Wilson has failed to declare at committee hearings that he has a shareholding in two funds managed by Wilson Asset Management through Wilson-Bolger Superannuation Pty Ltd, although he did declare it in his pecuniary interest register. Geoff Wilson the chairman of Wilson Asset Management and a distant relative of Tim Wilson when talking to concerned retirees claimed the reform would devastate their livelihoods but told his own investors that Labor's revenue claims were ludicrous because they could simply restructure their affairs. He has also refused to rule out that Geoff Wilson has contributed funding for the stoptheretirementtax website, authorised by the Liberal MP, which encourages people to sign a petition and make a form submission to his own inquiry. The prime minister and Coalition members backed the embattled chair on Wednesday. Labor is canvassing a number of options to force the government's hand, including a binding House of Representatives resolution to remove Tim Wilson as chair, as the Coalition controls the numbers on the committee itself. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.