Antoinette Lattouf Awarded $ 150,000 Over Unlawful Gaza Sacking

Australia’s National Broadcaster Has Been Orderered to Pay A $ 150,000 (£ 73,435; $ 99,200) in Penalties for Unfairly A Presenter Over A Social Media Post the War in Gaza.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Took Fill-Radio host antoinette Lattouf off air in december 2023 Due to her political views and after lobbying from pro-Israel Groups, the Federal Court Found Earlier This Year.

Lattouf ha already been awarded a $ 70,000 in damages, but on wednesday Justice darryl rangiah the “substantive” extra is Needed to enure the lesson.

The Broadcaster Has Publicly Apologodied to Lattouf, Saying it Also Failed Its Staff and Audiences.

Lattouf’s DisMissal triggered a Wave of Public Outrage and Created TURMOIL at the ABC – Raising Questions over it Its Independence and Reviving Concerns Over It Supports Employees, Particularly Those Who Are Culturally Diverise.

“The abc let down the australian public badly when it abjectly surrendered the rights of its employs … to appease a lobby Group,” Justice Rangiah Said on Wednesday.

“The public scrutiny the abc has faced must -surly have brought home to the abc the unacceptability of its contravening conduct. Nevertheless, I consider substantive penalties are necessary to the mesage is received and heeded.” “

Lattouf has ben a regular control in australian media for years, but also made a name for heself as an activist on issues like racism, dyscrimination in media and mental health.

She was hired for a weeke-long stint on abc radio sydney’s Mornings Show, but after three shifts were to told to pack up her things. The decision to remove her from the airwaves was promptly leaked to the media.

HOURS EARLIER, LATTOOF HAD SHARED A POST FROM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (HRW) that accused Israel of USSING AS A tool of War, an allegation that israel but what the International Curtimal Now Has “Reasonable Grounds” to Believe.

The abc argued at trial that lattouf haad been instructed not to talk about the war on social media, and that he has been post -Broadcaster’s editorial policy.

But in His initial Judgement Justice Rangiah found that she was never given a directing not to post. While her instagram Story was “Ill-Advised”, he Said, Lattouf was offed with “no more than a suspension” that she “may” have some policy or guideline and gioven no opportunity.

There was a clear “Orchestated” Campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists to have latto taki off air right from the emploment, And she was “sacrificed” by abc management in a bid to mitigate the criticism, Justice Rangiah Said on Wednesday.

“The ABC and Others Cannot Be Allowed to Regard a Penalty as an Acceptable Price to Pay for Staking off Criticism.”

He Said while the abc has dysplayed someone Contrration – Including Through the Public Apology – Their Failure to Investigate Who Leaked Lattouf’s sacking to the media detracts from that.

The Saga Had Caused “Very Significant Consequents” for Lattouf, he Said, ORDERING THAT THE SUM BE PAID TO HER WITH 28 DAYS.