Antoinette Lattouf wins illegal termination case towards ABC
Amanda Meade
The federal court docket has discovered that the ABC contravened s 772(1) of the Honest Work Act by terminating Antoinette Lattouf’s employment for causes together with that she held political views opposing the Israeli navy marketing campaign in Gaza.
Supporters maintain placards in assist of Antoinette Lattouf outdoors the federal court docket on Wednesday morning. {Photograph}: Bianca de Marchi/AAPShare
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Court docket orders the ABC to pay Lattouf compensation of $70,000
Rangiah ordered the ABC to pay Lattouf $70,000 in compensation after her victory within the illegal termination case.
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Lattouf hugged her attorneys and cried as judgment delivered
Earlier than the choose learn the judgment aloud, he handed out the complete written causes for his choice to the attorneys concerned. There was a frantic flurry of papers being turned because the attorneys flipped by means of to seek out out if their facet had received the day, whilst Justice Darryl Rangiah was nonetheless describing the context of the case.
After 10 seconds of studying, considered one of Lattouf’s barristers, Philip Boncardo, turned to Lattouf behind him and nodded – she had received. She turned incredulous to lawyer Josh Bornstein, sitting subsequent to her, who confirmed the information and Lattouf turned to her husband, sitting within the gallery behind her and mouth: “We received.”
Lattouf hugged the attorneys sitting beside her, then bowed her head and cried, as Rangiah continued laying out the historical past of the occasions on the coronary heart of the case.
On the ABC facet, attorneys representing the ABC summoned over the broadcaster’s in-house counsel for a quick and sombre dialogue. There aren’t any ABC administration current within the courtroom.
Media Leisure & Arts Alliance union members outdoors the federal court docket in assist of Antoinette Lattouf. {Photograph}: Bianca de Marchi/AAPShare
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Amanda Meade
Lattouf was not terminated due to her race, court docket finds
The court docket discovered Lattouf was not terminated due to her race or nationwide extraction. Rangiah stated:
The proof doesn’t assist Ms Lattouf’s claims that [David] Anderson, [Ita Buttrose, [Chris] Oliver-Taylor and [Ben] Latimer made or materially contributed to a choice to terminate her employment for causes that included her race or nationwide extraction.
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Antoinette Lattouf wins illegal termination case towards ABC
Amanda Meade
The federal court docket has discovered that the ABC contravened s 772(1) of the Honest Work Act by terminating Antoinette Lattouf’s employment for causes together with that she held political views opposing the Israeli navy marketing campaign in Gaza.
Supporters maintain placards in assist of Antoinette Lattouf outdoors the federal court docket on Wednesday morning. {Photograph}: Bianca de Marchi/AAPShare
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Amanda Meade
Federal court docket finds ABC terminated Lattouf’s employment
Rangiah has additionally discovered the ABC did terminate Lattouf’s employment. He stated:
I discover that the ABC repudiated the contract of employment by informing Ms Lattouf that she would now not be permitted to current Mornings. I additionally discover that the ABC terminated the contract of employment.
The ABC had pleaded it didn’t terminate her employment.
Antoinette Lattouf (centre) arrives on the federal court docket in Sydney. {Photograph}: Bianca de Marchi/AAPShare
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Amanda Meade
Lattouf supplied with ‘recommendation’ not ‘route’ from ABC about social media posts, court docket hears
Justice Darryl Rangiah has discovered Antoinette Lattouf was “merely supplied with recommendation that it might be greatest to not put up something controversial concerning the conflict” and was not given a route to not put up. The ABC’s case was that Lattouf was given a “route”, and the court docket has discovered towards the broadcaster on this level.
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Kate Lyons
The scene contained in the courtroom as we await the Lattouf judgment
Courtroom 18A on the federal court docket constructing in Sydney is standing room solely, as reporters, attorneys and members of the general public have gathered to look at Justice Darryl Rangiah hand down his choice within the illegal termination case introduced by Antoinette Lattouf towards the ABC.
Lattouf and her authorized group, in addition to attorneys representing the ABC, are current within the courtroom, awaiting Rangiah’s arrival.
A contingent from the union representing the media – the Media Leisure and Arts Alliance – was out on the steps of the federal court docket constructing this morning to indicate assist for Lattouf, and lots of of them, together with some ABC workers, have come as much as the courtroom to look at the choice.
Antoinette Lattouf arrives on the federal court docket in Sydney on Wednesday morning. {Photograph}: Bianca de Marchi/AAPShare
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Lisa Cox
NT Greens name for federal investigation into considerations about lobbying actions of consulting agency and Empire Power
The Northern Territory Greens have referred to as on the Albanese authorities to analyze considerations raised concerning the consulting actions of a agency referred to as Good Recommendation, run by a former department supervisor from the Northern Land Council, and its shopper, the fuel firm Empire Power.
It follows a significant leak of Northern Land Council information, correspondence and recordings to Guardian Australia containing claims that conventional house owners had been supplied monetary advantages in the event that they agreed to let Empire Power promote “appraisal fuel” – which is fuel collected throughout the exploration section – from its Carpentaria pilot undertaking within the Beetaloo basin.
An Empire Power fuel exploration properly within the Beetaloo basin, about 500km south-east of Darwin. {Photograph}: Division of Trade, Science, Power and Assets
The leaked information reveal considerations amongst conventional house owners and bureaucrats concerning the lobbying actions of Empire Power, Good Recommendation and several other members of the NLC’s full council, who had been employed as advisers in a person capability by the consulting agency.
Greens member for Nightcliff, Kat McNamara, referred to as for the federal authorities to “urgently” examine the claims:
This exploitative business can’t be trusted. Fracking can not proceed below these present circumstances.
Throughout the NT we proceed to see the revolving door from authorities or statutory our bodies to the personal sector. To stop group members from being taken benefit of, we should introduce stronger laws.
Good Recommendation has declined to answer the claims made about its consulting work. Empire Power has stated it had “a protracted historical past of respectful engagement with conventional house owners”.
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Judgment coming shortly in Antoinette Lattouf’s illegal termination case
We’re anticipating a judgment in radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf’s illegal termination case towards the ABC this morning round 10.15am, and we’ll convey you particulars as quickly as it’s handed down.
A extremely charged dispute over whether or not the ABC acted unlawfully when informal radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf was abruptly taken off air in 2023 will finish on Wednesday. {Photograph}: Steven Markham/AAP
For now, you possibly can learn our preview of the choice beneath:
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Extra from Chalmers on Trump’s harsh phrases for Iran and Israel
The treasurer instructed Sky Information this morning that Australian shouldn’t “quibble” with Trump’s language after he stated Israel and Iran had been preventing for thus lengthy “they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing”, AAP experiences. Chalmers stated:
We heard some blunt communicate from the president, and I feel that simply displays the truth that the stakes are excessive within the Center East.
I feel those that haven’t used that phrase privately can forged the primary stone.
Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers stated ‘I feel those that haven’t used that phrase privately can forged the primary stone’. {Photograph}: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
Travellers caught inside Doha airport as flights cancelled after Iranian strikes in Qatar
Airspace in Qatar reopened yesterday after Iran struck a US base within the nation earlier than a ceasefire deal was reached. Flights within the area, together with a number of from Australia, had been diverted or rerouted, prompting widespread delays and a few cancellations.
These had been the scenes in Doha yesterday afternoon and early this morning Australian time, despatched by a Guardian reader caught at Doha airport after their connecting flight to Melbourne, which was on account of take off simply because the Iranian strike on Qatar occurred, was cancelled.
Individuals caught at Doha airport after a connecting flight from Europe to Melbourne was cancelled after the strikeSome travellers had been pressured to sleep within the airport in DohaQatar reopened its airspace yesterdayShare
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