ABC strongly denies outside influence in removal of Antoinette Lattouf

ABC staff have held a union meeting to address staff concerns over the handling of the termination of Antoinette Lattouf (pictured), who was allegedly fired for reposting a Human Rights Watch post about the Israel-Gaza war. Photograph: Antoinette Lattouf

The ABC’s senior management has strongly denied being influenced by outside lobbyists when it fired journalist Antoinette Lattouf, with the managing director, David Anderson, addressing the issue in an all-staff email.

Staff at the ABC headquarters in Sydney threatened to walkout unless management addressed concerns raised by a Sydney Morning Herald report that it had seen a chain of leaked WhatsApp messages showing a campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists to have Lattouf sacked days before her dismissal.