ABC should be fined up to $350k after Buttrose’s ‘pressure’ on staff to sack Lattouf, federal court hears

The court heard Ita Buttrose sent six emails in rapid succession detailing complaints about Lattouf to the broadcaster’s content chief in the hours leading up to her sacking. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The ABC should be fined up to $350,000 for sacking the presenter Antoinette Lattouf because of “significant pressure” put on senior management by Ita Buttrose, the broadcaster’s former chair, the federal court has heard.

The ABC, which admits it acted unlawfully, has submitted the total penalty imposed should be between $37,560 and $56,340.