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Defending Lattouf sacking has cost the ABC more than $2.6m

Max Mason
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The ABC’s failed bid to defend its sacking of journalist Antoinette Lattouf in court has cost the public broadcaster at least $2.6 million over three years.

Federal Court Justice Darryl Rangiah in June found the ABC breached employment law by terminating Lattouf “for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza”.

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