Arbeit macht frei: - Fredrick Töben

HIS HONOUR: No?
Dr Töben: Oh. Are you asking – sorry.
HIS HONOUR: Yes. Do you accept that you disobeyed the orders made
by Branson J on 22 September 2002, and failed to comply with the
undertaking given to Moore J on 27 November 2007?
Dr Töben: That is still – I would need to seek legal advice on that, because
that’s – it’s not in this affidavit, in this written affidavit, your Honour.
HIS HONOUR: Very well. Yes, Mr Perkins, do you have any reexamination?
MR PERKINS: Your Honour, I wished to take up the question as raised
about Dr Töben’s means and ability to pay a fine, so, yes, I do wish to ask …
HIS HONOUR: Yes. I’ll allow you to do that. I’m not quite sure that it is
proper re-examination, but if it goes beyond re-examination then I might
hear Mr Margo in relation to any further cross-examination. But I’ll
certainly allow you to lead evidence in relation to Dr Töben’s means,
because that’s a relevant matter for my decision.
MR PERKINS: Thank you, your Honour.
RE-EXAMINATION BY MR PERKINS [12.23 pm]
MR PERKINS: Dr Toben, what means – what income do you have?
Dr Töben: I receive the disability pension, and from June on it will be an
old age pension. I’ve reached 65.
Mr Perkins: You were asked some questions about an interview with a
reporter by the name of Pia Akerman; is that so?
Dr Töben: Yes.
Mr Perkins: And do you have the report of that article in front of you
currently?
Dr Töben: Yes, I have.
Mr Perkins: And would you have a look, please, at the last thing said in
that report?
Dr Töben: This – the last paragraph?
Mr Perkins: Does the report refer to where you were going after you had
the interview?
Dr Töben: Oh, yes. I’m – before meeting with this lawyer I was going to
Melbourne, yes. That was before meeting you.
Mr Perkins: Do you have money in the bank?
Dr Töben: No. Maybe …
Mr Perkins: Yes, continue, please?
Dr Töben: Maybe 50 or so whatever dollars, something like that, yes. I’m
not sure.
Mr Perkins: In a previous affidavit you – well, I withdraw that. You’ve
previously said within the four corners of these proceedings that you
owned a library?
Dr Töben: Yes.
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