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

Mary Kostakidis tells court Zionist federation racial discrimination case is ‘embarrassing’ and too vague

Journalist Mary Kostakidis in 2019 addressing a crowd
Journalist Mary Kostakidis in 2019. The former newsreader has been accused of breaching the Racial Discrimination Act by the Zionist Federation of Australia. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Mary Kostakidis has asked the federal court to strike out an “embarrassing” Zionist Federation of Australia racial discrimination claim on the grounds it fails to identify which race, ethnicity or nationality was offended by her social media posts about Israel.

The journalist’s interlocutory application said the claim is “embarrassing” because it is so ambiguous it could include ethnic Arabs who follow the Jewish faith or “a Jewish person who is ethnically Swedish”.

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