Broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf to get $70k in damages over unlawful dismissal by ABC

Antoinette Lattouf was hired for a week-long stint connected ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings programme earlier Christmas 2023.

She was fto spell aft sharing a Human Rights Watch station that said Israel was utilizing starvation arsenic a "weapon of war" successful Gaza.

The 41-year-old took her unlawful termination lawsuit to nan Federal Court and Justice Darryl Rangiah handed down his judgement successful a courtroom afloat of her supporters today.

The judge ordered nan ABC to salary $70,000 successful compensation to Lattouf.

A imaginable pecuniary punishment will beryllium wished astatine a later hearing.

He did not bid immoderate penalties against nan nationalist broadcaster arsenic sought by nan journalist.

During a proceeding successful February, she claimed she was fired from nan occupation because of her title and governmental sentiment aft publically commenting connected nan plight of Palestinians during nan ongoing conflict pinch Israel.

Justice Rangiah heard Lattouf was fto spell 48 hours into a run by a pro-Israeli group which sent a barrage of complaints to ABC executives, including then-chair Ita Buttrose.

The nationalist broadcaster was accused of taking a partisan position contempt claiming to beryllium an impartial news source.

However, nan ABC denied this.

The broadcaster claimed it took Lattouf disconnected nan aerial because she grounded to travel a guidance not to station astir Israel aliases nan warfare successful Gaza during her five-day shift.

She rejected this, saying her nonstop supervisor, Elizabeth Green, agreed she could station facts from reputable sources.

As good arsenic Buttrose, she besides targeted nan ABC's erstwhile contented main Chris Oliver-Taylor and erstwhile managing head David Anderson arsenic being responsible for nan allegedly unlawful termination.

She blamed nan broadcaster for making her sacking nationalist aft an article successful The Australian was put retired earlier she had returned location nan time she was fired.

ABC executives blamed caput of superior metropolis networks Steve Ahern for putting nan organisation successful an "unacceptable position" by failing to measure Lattouf's history earlier hiring her, nan tribunal antecedently was told.

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