Fund manager Geoff Wilson fought hard to have his voice heard at a Senate committee hearing into the Albanese government’s controversial capital gains tax reforms.
Initially excluded, the man who led a ferocious campaign against Shorten-era Labor tax reforms targeting franking credits and superannuation kicked up a huge fuss, and the government relented.
So it was somewhat surprising to hear him dismiss the merits of the event altogether.
“As we all know, now I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this… This is a bit of a farce, this hearing,” he said in response to a question from Liberal senator and committee member Dean Smith.
