A Christmas lunch, Ita’s emails and a race bombshell: six key takeaways from Antoinette Lattouf v ABC

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf was hired as a casual local radio presenter by the ABC, which told her not to present her final two shows after she reposted a Human Rights Watch social media post about Gaza. Composite: AAP

The seven-day hearing of the high-profile unlawful termination case, Antoinette Lattouf v the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ended this week. Final submissions will be heard at the end of February, and Justice Darryl Rangiah will retire to consider his verdict.

Lattouf began hosting the ABC Sydney Mornings radio program on Monday 18 December 2023. On Tuesday, she reposted a Human Rights Watch post which reported the Israeli military was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.