Antoinette Lattouf v ABC LIVE updates: Broadcaster withdraws race argument; Steve Ahern, Ita Buttrose set to appear as unlawful termination case continues

Ahern told Lattouf her Human Rights Watch post had breached the ABC’s social media policy, he confirms, after some back and forth with Lattouf’s barrister, Philip Boncardo.

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After Lattouf asked how it had breached the policy, Ahern said the post had called the ABC’s impartiality into question, the court is told.

While both ABC Radio Sydney’s acting manager Mark Spurway and Lattouf’s line manager Elizabeth Green apologised to Lattouf while she was leaving, Ahern did not say anything, the court is told.

Ahern confirms he did not respond to an email Lattouf sent later that day, asking several further questions and seeking clarification about why she was dismissed.

“It’s a question I could have easily answered. If I wanted to, is another question altogether,” Ahern tells the court.