Nathan Tinkler says he's no exiled, broke infirmed Skase-like entreprenuer

Jonathan ChancellorOctober 31, 2012

Nathan Tinkler, who has been involved in several legal disputes in recent times over  paying debts, has advised he is not on the brink of financial collapse.

"All I will say is that tough people last, tough times don't," he told the Australian Financial Review this week.

"There's been a massive media campaign to try and ruin me ... They wanted to treat me like Christopher Skase, like I was sitting in a wheelchair puffing in a bag and owed $250 million. It is just not the case." 

On Tuesday, his Ocean Street Holdings company and Mirvac subsidiary Domaine Steel settled a dispute over a $17 million payment for a Newcastle industrial land acquisition.

Earlier in October, he settled another dispute with mining services company Sedgman.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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