A court has ordered the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to pay an additional penalty to a radio journalist who was fired over a social media post on Israel’s war in Gaza .

On Wednesday, Federal Court judge Darryl Rangiah said the termination of journalist Antoinette Lattouf in December 2023 caused very “significant consequences” for her.

“For most people, employment is not just a source of income, but contributes substantially to their sense of purpose, identity and self-worth,” he said.

Just three days into a casual contract with ABC, Lattouf was fired after a Human Rights Watch video report with the comment, “HRW reporting starvation as a tool of war”.

Rangiah had previously said the ABC had broken employment law for firing Lattouf for “reason including that she held poli

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