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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade Media correspondent

Court throws out pro-Israel group’s bid to refer journalists and editors for contempt over Antoinette Lattouf case

Antoinette Lattouf arrives at the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Antoinette Lattouf won a wrongful termination case against the ABC in June after she was taken off air in December 2023 after sharing a post about Gaza on social media. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

An application by a pro-Israel group to refer editors, reporters and lawyers from Nine Entertainment for contempt proceedings has been dismissed by the federal court.

The editor of the Age, Patrick Elligett, and the Sydney Morning Herald, Bevan Shields, and two Age reporters, Michael Bachelard and Calum Jaspan, were among the eight individuals named in the application that alleged the newspapers had breached a suppression order made by the judge in the Antoinette Lattouf unlawful termination case.

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