Sharing statement by terrorist organisation could contravene racial discrimination act, lawyers in Mary Kostakidis case argue

Mary Kostakidis had applied to strike out the Zionist Federation of Australia’s human rights claim on the grounds it fails to identify which race, ethnicity or nationality was offended and is so vague as to be embarrassing. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Sharing a statement by the leader of a proscribed terrorist organisation committed to the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel could arguably contravene the racial discrimination act, the federal court has heard.

Former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis has been accused by the Zionist Federation of Australia of breaching the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) by sharing two X posts about a speech by the late Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah in January 2024.