F-bombs and finfluencers: Inside Geoff Wilson’s anti-CGT launch

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The scrappy proceedings at Jacksons on George attracted business, politics and sport figures united in opposition to the government’s tax changes.

It was difficult to walk through the nearly 300-strong crowd squeezed into the rooftop bar at Jacksons on George on Wednesday without bumping into one of the social media stars, political figures or investors veteran fund manager Geoff Wilson had assembled for the launch of a new campaign against the government’s changes to capital gains tax and treatment of trusts.

Wilson – a known bargain hunter in finance circles – secured the venue “pro bono” from the Gallagher publican family, who were also in attendance. Several Jacksons on George staff members sported caps emblazoned with “Get Ahead”, the slogan of Wilson’s campaign, which were being handed out at the door.

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