Toben gives Holocaust denial apology in court

DR Fredrick Toben this week gave an apology in the Federal Court of Australia for being in contempt of court by continually featuring Holocaust denial material on his Adelaide Institute website.

He gave the apology during a contempt hearing of the Federal Court sitting in Adelaide on Tuesday.

After being called up to the bar by Justice Michael Moore to apologise if he agreed with it, Dr Toben began to give a qualified apology.

When Justice Moore said that his comments were inconsistent with an apology, Dr Toben gave a full apology, without embellishment and undertook to remove all Holocaust denial material from the website by 4pm on December 5 and not to replace it.

Solicitor Steven Lewis of legal firm Slater & Gordon said after the hearing: “It’s a significant victory for the community. The ECAJ was vindicated in their actions and has forced him to acknowledge his contempt of court and remove the offending material.” More...