A journalist won his case against Australian national broadcaster, with a court judge unevenly stripped by a social media post about Gaza’s war.
Antoinette Lattouf says the Australian Corporation (ABC) fired him with no “correct” or “appropriate process as a fruit presenter by December 2023.
Hours before he was wrapped, Lattouf shared a post from Human Rights Watch (HRW) critical of Israel, a step that ABC has spoken to the editorial politics.
The Lattouf condemned the wrong rejection, claiming that he was shot because of his political views, his race and after lobbying from Pro-Israel groups.
His giving ups a wave of public anger and creates public broadcaster turmoil – asks the hooks to change staff, especially with cultural staff.
The ABC was opposed to him, because they paid his contract.
On Wednesday, Justice Darryl Rangiah reigned that the ABC was wearing the sack of Lattoouf, for the reasons for his opinions in Israeli military campaign. He rejected the allegation he was fired for his race.
He gave MS Lattouf dialeage for a $ 70,000 (£ 33,400, $ 45,400), but he said he heard arguments from more sentences.
Lattouf – Who is the Lebanese Heritage – a regular media contributor to Australia for many years, but also makes a name for issues such as racism, media health and mental health discrimination.
Before he starts his week long stint as a presenter for ABC’s radio program in Sydney, the broadcaster asked to use his social media used and he agreed.
But he also admitted that his manager also said he could share information from the “honorable” sources that accused Israel who accused Gaza – an ABC. Israel denies the accusation.
Shortly after the air the next day, Lattouf was told to pack his things and leave, with the decision to remove him from the media. It left his reputation with the Tatters, said Lattouf.
He took his case to the Australian Fair Commission last year, which, after intervention failed, ordered him fired, powered his action in the Federal Court.
There, the Lattouf team argues that it is influenced by the external pressure of his appointment as a temporary radio presenter, even before he or she begins with a short contract.
Elizabeth Green, Lattouf Manager, speaks the court with pressure from “higher” to SCK Lattouf before sharing HRW Post.
The court heard that former chair of ABC ITA butrose passed many emails complaining about Lattouf with senior managers.
The BBC also sees many WhatsApp messages from two groups showing a combined letter writing campaign against the lattouf in the days before he was fired.
The Barmar of ABC, Ian Neil SC, argued that the Lattouf had not been fired and said he did not need to work in the last two days of his contract, saying about two transitions, two shifts, two programs “.
Neil also continued to cut disability was not part of the imposing of lattouf, but rather the broadcaster reputation.
“Taking a person to the air is designed to protect ABC, not to punish the employee,” Neil said the end of the arguments.
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