Roll Information: Tim Wilson

roll information: On Friday Labor asked the Australian federal police to investigate whether Tim Wilson inappropriately shared electoral roll information for commercial purposes while campaigning against the opposition's franking credit policy, according to The Guardian. The referral was based on a Fairfax Media report that a constituent of Wilson's received material both from the Liberal MP and from Wilson Asset Management, the funds management company chaired by Geoff Wilson, after responding to a robopoll. Late on Friday Geoff Wilson issued a statement clarifying his involvement in after a growing controversy over whether the pair who are first cousins once-removed have inappropriately politicised the parliamentary inquiry. Tim Wilson, who chairs the House economics committee and is also a shareholder in funds managed by Wilson Asset Management, has denied any wrongdoing, telling Guardian Australia he had not shared any voter's private information from the electoral roll with Wilson Asset Management . PM says he won't sack Tim Wilson over use of franking credits inquiry Read more The Fairfax Media report quoted a resident of the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, Gwen Woodford, who said she had answered yes to a robocall from Tim Wilson, and later received multiple emails promoting Wilson Asset Management funds . Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite, the deputy chair of the committee, wrote to the AFP commissioner, Andrew Colvin, on Friday arguing the report suggested Tim Wilson had obtained private information from the Commonwealth electoral roll and disclosed it to Wilson Asset Management to allow it to market its financial products to voters. The entitlement is offered to individuals who own shares in a company in recognition of the tax on profits paid by that company. Q&A What are franking credits Show Hide A franking credit is an entitlement to a reduction in personal income tax payable to the Australian Taxation Office. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.