Sacked ABC host Antoinette Lattouf returns to court in fight against broadcaster - after Ita Buttrose's emails were exposed
A journalist sacked by the ABC after an Instagram post that Israel used starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza will return to give evidence as she sues the public broadcaster.
Antoinette Lattouf grilled on ‘controversial’ Gaza posts in ABC Federal Court case
Ita Buttrose pushed for fill-in radio host Antoinette Lattouf to be taken off the air following a wave of complaints from the “pro-Israel lobby”, a court has been told, with emails revealing the former ABC chair told senior staff “we owe her nothing”.
Sacked ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf concedes Israel social media posts were ‘controversial’
Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose questioned whether ABC host Antoinette Lattouf could “come down with the flu or Covid” before she was sacked and taken off air, according to emails revealed in the Federal Court.
ABC boss Ita Buttrose's email about Antoinette Lattouf before she was dismissed by the national broadcaster
Then-ABC chair Ita Buttrose asked why a presenter with anti-Israeli views couldn't get sick and go off air before she was dismissed, emails reveal.
Ita Buttrose pushed for anti-Israel ABC radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf to be replaced, federal court hears
Extraordinary emails read in court have revealed then ABC Chair Ita Buttrose said the public broadcaster owed "nothing" to anti-Israel host Antoinette Lattouf before she was taken off-air.
Lattouf v ABC unlawful dismissal case begins at Federal Court
Lattouf’s case is the culmination of a near-14 month process challenging her 2023 dismissal from the ABC’s Sydney morning show.
‘We owe her nothing’: Email reveals Buttrose’s fury at sacked presenter
ABC chairwoman Ita Buttrose told executives a controversial presenter should come down “with flu or Covid” as an excuse to ...
‘We owe her nothing’: Buttrose pushed for Lattouf removal, court hears
Antoinette Lattouf says she doesn’t care if people found the “facts” she posted to social media were controversial, in a day ...
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According to the ABC, I’m raceless. Or white. Thank goodness!
What even is a Lebanese anyway? You gotta admire the ABC’s moxie in punting that one over to Antoinette Lattouf to solve.
‘We have an Antoinette issue’: Buttrose, execs discussed pulling host
ABC’s outgoing managing director David Anderson was concerned about a “barrage of complaints” about fill-in presenter ...
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Ex-ABC host stands by anti-Israel 'genocide' posts
A journalist ousted after a push by senior ABC figures including then-chair Ita Buttrose has stood by past public comments ...
Ex-ABC head wanted anti-Israeli journo to 'get COVID'
Senior ABC figures including then-chair Ita Buttrose discussed getting rid of a journalist from her casual radio slot after ...
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Anti-Israel ABC host got death threats after dismissal
A radio presenter dismissed from the ABC over anti-Israeli views says she suffered hurt, distress and received ...
Summer series: in conversation with Ita Buttrose
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Ita tells host Sarrah Le Marquand whether she ever suffers from the voice of self-doubt ...