“Despite that bond, they only first met at a conference in March 2018 where they established that Tim’s father’s father’s father is Geoff’s father’s father. The conservative lobby group has been critical of Wilson on occasions.Īsked if Geoff Wilson or his business had funded the site, and asked about his relationship to Geoff, Tim Wilson replied: “Geoff and Tim do share a mutual love for the mighty Melbourne Demons. The Liberal MP told Guardian Australia he had chosen to rule out Advance Australia funding the website because “the implication offends me”. Guardian Australia asked Wilson whether Advance Australia, a conservative lobby group also opposed to Labor’s policy, had funded the website, and the Liberal MP gave a direct answer – no.īut he has not denied the fund manager’s involvement in funding the campaign website after being given several opportunities to do so. Wilson has declined to answer direct questions from Guardian Australia about whether Geoff Wilson has funded the campaign website. The website signs people up to not only attending the public hearings, but for a petition against “the retirement tax” and allows them to be contacted about “future activities to stop the retirement tax”. That site is privately funded, and contains an authorisation by Wilson in his capacity as the chairman of standing committee on economics. Tim Wilson has already sparked controversy by creating a campaign website allowing people to register to attend public hearings. Geoff Wilson is a vocal critic of Labor’s policy, unveiled last March, to scrap the cash refunds for excess imputation credits claimed by retirees and self-managed superannuation funds. According to the parliamentary register of interests, on the Liberal MP updated his register to list shareholding in Wilson Asset Management through Wilson-Bolger Superannuation Pty Ltd.
The Liberal MP is a distant relative of the fund manager, and a shareholder in his business. Labor has intensified its offensive against Wilson, and a taxpayer-funded inquiry he is leading into the opposition’s policy to scrap cash rebates for franking credits, after new evidence emerged revealed the Liberal MP had coordinated with fund manager Geoff Wilson, chairman of Wilson Asset Management, about tactics, including protest activity to coincide with hearings. “So the Labor party aren’t content with arrogantly dismissing thousands upon thousands, hundreds of thousands of retirees around our country who they basically want to steal money from with higher taxes – now they’re going to throw mud at the person who is giving those retirees a voice?”Īsked whether he would sack Wilson, Morrison replied: “No.” With Labor on the attack, Morrison returned fire.
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