Antoinette Lattouf’s mediation with the ABC has failed, sending the case to the Federal Court for trial.
Lattouf claims she was unfairly dismissed by the national broadcaster after she was removed in December last year from a casual fill-in role on ABC Radio’s Sydney Mornings. The removal came after Lattouf posted a Human Rights Watch report on her personal Instagram about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that said Israel was using starvation as a tool of war in Gaza — a report that was also covered by the ABC.
Earlier this month, the Fair Work Commission found that the fact Lattouf was taken off air and advised to leave the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters as soon as possible constituted termination of employment within the meaning of the Fair Work Act.
The ABC initially filed a defence that argued Lattouf was terminated, before then amending it to argue that she had not been terminated at all, applying for the case to be dismissed.
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