Journalist Antoinette Lattouf awarded $70,000 in compensation after winning unfair dismissal case against the ABC
Journalist Antoinette Lattouf was unfairly sacked by the ABC mid-way through her fill-in radio presenting contract at the national broadcaster, a federal court judge has ruled.
Ms Lattouf had claimed she was unlawfully dismissed by the ABC in December 2023 after she re-shared an Instagram post about the war in Gaza, which accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war.
The journalist, who was hired as a fill-in host on ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings program at the time, was taken off air three days into her five-day contract.
The ABC denied Ms Lattouf was unfairly terminated.
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