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ABC chair Ita Buttrose with managing director David Anderson.

Buttrose lobs bombshell David Anderson claims to ABC lawyers

The public broadcaster’s former chair is disputing key evidence provided by outgoing managing director David Anderson in the Antoinette Lattouf termination case.

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Antoinette Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC has revealed former chair Ita Buttrose was rankled by complaints about the fill-in radio host.

The chaotic 48 hours inside the ABC before Antoinette Lattouf was axed

Emails and text messages reveal the turmoil inside the upper echelons of the ABC before the presenter’s abrupt removal from radio.

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This Lattouf saga is the worst ABC whodunnit ever

The national broadcaster is always under attack, but in this episode, the ABC’s management did its enemies’ work for them.

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Antoinette Lattouf and Ita Buttrose.

‘That’s not frank at all’: Ita Buttrose commands court in Lattouf case

Ita Buttrose took a dim view of proceedings at the Antoinette Lattouf unfair dismissal case.

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ABC managing director David Anderson leaves Federal Court on Wednesday.

Posts on Lattouf’s social media feeds ‘added up to antisemitism’, says ABC boss

Cross-examined on his second day as a witness in her unlawful termination case, David Anderson said hiring Lattouf had been an error of judgment, given the partisan nature of her views on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

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Former ABC journalist Antoinette Lattouf arrives at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on February 03, 2025. Photo: Flavio Brancaleone / The Sydney Morning Herald

Antoinette Lattouf v ABC LIVE updates: Unfair dismissal case resumes in Federal Court; former presenter rejects claim she was told not to post on social media

Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal case against the ABC is back in court for a second day.

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Antoinette Lattouf arrives at court on Monday.

‘We owe her nothing’: Buttrose pushed for Lattouf removal, court hears

Antoinette Lattouf’s case is the culmination of a near-14-month process challenging her 2023 dismissal from the ABC’s Sydney morning show.

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(Clockwise from top left): Briony Scott, Jelena Dokic, Sally McManus,  Ita Buttrose 

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Ita Buttrose and Antoinette Lattouf.

Former ABC chair Buttrose central to Lattouf sacking, lawyers allege

An updated statement of claim alleges former chair Ita Buttrose and outgoing managing director David Anderson were key decision-makers in Antoinette Lattouf’s sacking.

  • Calum Jaspan

Kim Williams says ABC news can be ‘tabloid’

The ABC chair faced former ABC presenter Kerry O’Brien in the unlikely setting of a holiday hot spot.

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