The ABC has been accused of paying lip service to an apology after arguing against a $350,000 fine for illegally sacking journalist Antoinette Lattouf.

Lattouf won an unlawful termination case against the national broadcaster in June after she was sacked from a casual role on ABC Radio Sydney’s Mornings program in 2023.

The Federal Court awarded Lattouf $70,000 in damages after she was dismissed three days into a five-day hosting stint, following a co-ordinated campaign of complaints from pro-Israel lobbyists.

Since then the ABC has submitted it should be fined between $37,560 and $56,340, but Lattouf wants nearly 10 times that.

A fine of $300,000 to $350,000 was necessary to prevent future breaches, her lawyers told Justice Darryl Rangiah on Wednesday.

Lattouf’s lawyers also crit

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