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sentences that state something as happening or true
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s nephew has been found guilty of criminal contempt of court after fleeing overseas instead of answering questions over the collapse of a nickel refinery firm.
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nephew → find → firm
On Thursday, Brisbane Federal Court Justice Darryl Rangiah found former Queensland Nickel director Clive Theodore Mensink had failed to comply with a summons for examination.
asserted
Mensink → find → examination
No weight could be given to Mensink’s “self-serving” claims about being unable to return to Australia, Rangiah said in his judgment.
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Rangiah → give → judgment
“I find that Mr Mensink committed the contempt alleged,” Justice Rangiah said.
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Rangiah → find → contempt
Liquidators had been granted a summons for Mensink to appear in court to answer questions about Queensland Nickel’s collapse.
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Mensink → grant → collapse
The Townsville refinery collapsed in 2016 off the back of a slump in nickel prices, leaving about 800 workers without jobs and debts of at least $226 million.
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refinery → collapse → million
The registrar of the Federal Court of Australia brought two charges against Mensink after he left Australia in June 2016.
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he → bring → June
“Mr Mensink has not yet returned and may presently be living in Bulgaria,” Rangiah said.
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Rangiah → return → Bulgaria
Some of the sacked employees’ entitlements were paid by the federal government under the fair entitlements guarantee.
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Some → sack → guarantee
In 2017, a judge ordered a warrant be issued for Mensink’s arrest, relating to his failure to attend court to be questioned over the company’s demise.
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warrant → order → demise
Mensink, who previously headed his uncle’s Gold Coast United A-League team, was tried in absentia during two days of federal court hearings in June this year following two failed appeals in 2022.
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who → head → 2022
Mensink had been properly served with a summons to appear, which was sent to several physical and email addresses, Rangiah found on Thursday.
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Rangiah → serve → Thursday
In a 2022 affidavit, Mensink stated he had become physically sick on the way to the airport caused by stress and depression.
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he → state → stress
“I thought I would rather be dead than face the humiliation and embarrassment that my return to Australia would involve,” Mensink said.
“I may have been irrational.”
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I → think → Australia
Mensink’s “self-serving” claims were contradicted by his own account of a rapid recovery the same evening and being able to travel to Bulgaria, Rangiah found.
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Rangiah → serve → Bulgaria
“The description he gave of his state of mind is consistent with a deliberate choice not to return to Australia for examination,” Rangiah said.
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Rangiah → give → examination
Rangiah found a reasonable person would not accept that Mensink had a fair excuse not to return to Australia over claimed health problems, unfair treatment in court or financial burdens.
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Mensink → find → court
Rangiah sought submissions from the parties on the appropriate penalty, if any, to be imposed on Mensink.
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Rangiah → seek → Mensink
A second charge against Mensink of failing to comply with a court order was dismissed.
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charge → fail → order
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