A judge has awarded former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf $70,000 in compensation after finding the national broadcaster unlawfully terminated her employment because of her opposition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
Nine has argued a contempt bid by intervenors in Antoinette Latouff’s dismissal suit against the ABC is “doomed” given the articles at issue were published a year before a suppression order was made.
Ben Roberts-Smith has accused Nine journalist Nick McKenzie of using his lawyers as a “shield” against claims he had access to confidential and privileged legal strategy in the former soldier’s failed defamation case.
ABC managing director David Anderson has admitted in cross-examination that there was a “missing step” in former presenter’s Antoinette Lattouf’s dismissal.
Claims of hurt and distress by former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf stemming from her dismissal are misdirected, the broadcaster has argued at trial.
Ex-ABC chair Ita Buttrose sent an email suggesting Antoinette Lattouf be pulled off air following an email campaign by pro-Israel lawyers, a court has heard.
Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will argue at trial that the ex-chair of the ABC, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson were involved in the decision to terminate her contract.
Lawyer Samson Jubi has settled his defamation case against the ABC over stories he claims accused him of defrauding $117 million meant to benefit villagers after PNG’s largest mine disaster.
Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will soon file Federal Court proceedings against the ABC after an attempt to mediate a dispute over her alleged unlawful termination was unsuccessful.
The former headmaster of exclusive Sydney school Cranbrook has settled a dispute with his former employer after it admitted a public statement concerning his management of misconduct allegations against a teacher “may have caused confusion”, but will press on with a complaint against the ABC over the Four Corners episode that sparked the controversy.