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Middle East Eye
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Court finds Australia's ABC wrongly fired journalist over Gaza post
Australia's public broadcaster ABC unlawfully dismissed a radio journalist over a social media post related to the Israel-Gaza conflict, a court found Wednesday. ABC apologised after being ordered to pay Antoinette Lattouf Aus$70,000 (US$45,000) in compensation, with a further financial penalty yet to be decided. The broadcaster broke employment law by terminating her "for reasons including that she held political opinions opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza", Federal Court Justice Darryl Rangiah said in his ruling. Lattouf took legal action after being dismissed in December 2023, three days into a five-day casual contract with the ABC. She had re-posted to Instagram a Human Rights Watch video report on the Gaza conflict with the comment: "HRW reporting starvation as a tool of war". ABC senior management's consternation over the post turned into a "state of panic", the judge said, and a decision was made to take her off the air "within the hour".
The Guardian
7 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Why the federal court ruled the ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf
Justice Darryl Rangiah ruled that the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it terminated casual broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Guardian Australia reporter Kate Lyons breaks down the reasons behind the federal court's decision. Rangiah ordered the ABC to pay Lattouf $70,000 in compensation after her victory in the unlawful termination case
ABC News
11 hours ago
- Politics
- ABC News
MediaLand Special: Lattouf wins ABC case
In a MediaLand special we dissect the ruling for Antoinette Latouff in her case against the ABC this morning. This morning, the judgement in the case of Antoinette Lattouf vs the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was handed down in the Federal Court of Australia. Justice Darryl Rangiah ruled that Australian Broadcasting Corporation contravened the Fair Work Act by terminating the employment of the applicant, Antoinette Lattouf, for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Her lawyers had also argued that her national extraction and race had played a role in her termination, however Justice Rangiah ruled the executives involved were not motivated by these factors. The ABC consistently denied she was unlawfully terminated during the hearing process. The judge ruled that the ABC must pay Ms Lattouf compensation of $70,000. He also ruled that a further hearing will take place in the future to decide on pecuniary compensation. Guests: Michael Bradley, Director of Marque Law and media commentator
AU Financial Review
12 hours ago
- Politics
- AU Financial Review
Antoinette Lattouf wins unfair dismissal case against ABC
Journalist Antoinette Lattouf has won her unlawful termination claim against the ABC after a judge ruled she was removed for her political opinions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and was not given a fair opportunity to plead her case to the public broadcaster before it took her off the air. In a packed Sydney courtroom on Wednesday morning, Federal Court judge Darryl Rangiah said the ABC had breached employment law 'by terminating the employment of Antionette Lattouf for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza'.
