Jets action dropped, but another begins
By DONNA PAGE and MICHELLE HARRIS
Feb. 25, 2015, 10:33 p.m.
THE good news for Nathan Tinkler's embattled Newcastle Jets was the Office of State Revenue dropped court action on Wednesday to liquidate the A-League team over unpaid debts.
But the bad news from the NSW Supreme Court came seconds later when a Queensland information technology company sought to step in as a substitute creditor.
Reddog Technology's legal representative advised it wanted to pursue wind-up action against the Jets, and sought an adjournment.
Jets lawyer Damien Allen said the debt would be disputed. Asked by senior deputy registrar Jennifer Hedge why he was not pushing for an earlier court date for the Reddog matter, Mr Allen said: "There's no debt, so everybody's pretty laid-back about it."
Reddog Technology is also taking wind-up action in the Queensland Supreme Court against another company linked to Mr Tinkler, Serene Lodge Investments.
Mr Tinkler, his sister Donna Dennis and father Leslie Tinkler are directors of the company and it is owned by Mr Tinkler's mother Zelda.
The matter between Reddog and Serene Lodge Investments is listed for a directions hearing in Brisbane on Friday. The Newcastle Herald reported in January several Hunter-based Tinkler Group firms, including the Jets, went into a technology blackout with emails and some sites down. Newcastle Jets staff set up a Gmail account to send out a media alert announcing the club's chief executive Robbie Middleby and chairman Ray Baartz had resigned on January 8.
At the time a Jets spokesman said the problem was due to the club changing IT providers.
Reddog Technology did not respond to the Herald's request for comment on Wednesday.
The Reddog and Jets matter was adjourned to late March.
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