Antoinette Lattouf was sacked from presenting ABC Radio Sydney’s Mornings program in 2023. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
By Alex Mitchell in Sydney
The ABC could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for unlawfully terminating broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf over a social media post.
Sacked from her casual role on ABC Radio Sydney’s Mornings program in 2023, Lattouf won an unlawful termination case in the Federal Court in June.
She and the public broadcaster return to court on Wednesday to argue what the ABC should be fined.
The court has awarded Lattouf $70,000 in damages for being dismissed three days into a five-day casual radio stint, following a co-ordinated campaign of complaints from pro-Israel lobbyists.
Lattouff, who has Lebanese heritage, shared a Human Rights Watch