Antoinette Lattouf v ABC LIVE updates: David Anderson set to be cross-examined as unfair dismissal case resumes in Federal Court
Good morning, I’m Calum Jaspan, and welcome back to our live coverage of Antoinette Lattouf v the ABC in the Federal Court.
ABC managing director David Anderson.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
We’re now on day three of freelance journalist Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC. She initially took the public broadcaster to the Fair Work Commission after she was sacked in late 2023, three days into a five-day contract hosting a local radio show in Sydney. Since then, it has snowballed into a full-blown crisis for the ABC.
She was sacked after reposting a report from Human Rights Watch on her Instagram account and is claiming, in part, this was due to expressing political opinion and racial discrimination.
The ABC has continued to deny she was sacked or that its most senior executives, including then-chair Ita Buttrose and outgoing managing director David Anderson, were influenced by pro-Israel lobbyists in their decision.
