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A very ABC farewell for outgoing boss, but departing star isn’t feeling the love

Aunty threw open the doors of its Studio 22 in Ultimo to send off David Anderson, as exiting presenter Simon Marnie frothed at the lack of an official goodbye.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Shane Jacobson (left) and Mick Gatto at the Equal Access for Autism Gala.

Charlie Teo, George Calombaris and the others in Mick Gatto’s band of celebrity helpers

A charity gala for the underworld figure’s autism charity attracted some big names in an attempt to raise big bucks.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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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.

  • Calum Jaspan
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.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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.

  • Malcolm Knox
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.

  • Harriet Alexander
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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.

  • Calum Jaspan
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.

  • Calum Jaspan
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.

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

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

This year, I published 46 interviews in this space. These are the exchanges that most resonated with you, or most moved me, or turned out to be particularly prescient.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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