Antoinette Lattouf case: ABC managing director denies double standard in treatment of Laura Tingle

In court documents, Antoinette Lattouf has detailed dozens of threats and abusive and threatening messages she received since December 2023. Photograph: Jane Dempster/AAP

The managing director of the ABC has told a court he believes “Australia is a racist country” during questions about alleged double standards at the public broadcaster over its presenters airing personal opinions.

While giving evidence at the federal court on Wednesday to the unlawful termination case brought by former radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf, the outgoing managing director of the ABC, David Anderson, said: “We have racism in our country … I don’t know how you can deny racism in this country.”