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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley

Contempt proceedings by pro-Israel lobbyists against Nine in Lattouf case ‘probably doomed’, lawyers argue

A pile of Sydney Morning Herald newspapers
The suppression order was made to protect pro-Israel individuals who had contacted the ABC to complain about Antoinette Lattouf’s employment at the broadcaster. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

A request by pro-Israel lobbyists to launch contempt proceedings against editors and reporters from Nine for allegedly breaching a suppression order in Antoinette Lattouf’s unlawful termination case is “probably doomed”, Nine’s lawyers have argued in the federal court.

The editors of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age – Bevan Shields and Patrick Elligett – are among eight individuals, including lawyers, named in the request.

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