ABC Pays $1.1M to Journalist It Fired for Telling the Truth
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Thursday, 2025 Jun 26|
12:00 PM
Antoinette Lattouf just beat the ABC in court—and it wasn’t close.
The Federal Court ruled her dismissal was unlawful, discriminatory, and just straight-up messy. Why?
Because she posted about Gaza. Factually. Politely. On her personal social media.
And the national broadcaster couldn’t handle it. The payout?
$70,000 in damages, plus over a million bucks in legal fees.
The damage to the ABC’s reputation? Priceless.
This isn’t just a legal L—it’s a masterclass in corporate overreaction, spineless management, and how fast institutions will fold when things get politically uncomfortable.
Let’s be real. The ABC didn’t fire her for violating a policy.
They fired her for making the wrong people uncomfortable.
The “impartiality” excuse they wheeled out? Weak.
She was presenting briefly on Sydney radio, not anchoring national election night.
And the post wasn’t a manifesto—it was a Human Rights Watch report.
Literally a link. And still, the network yanked her mid-week. Mid-contract. Mid-sentence.
It’s the kind of move that screams fear, not fairness.
Fear of backlash, fear of headlines, fear of anything that might make a politician frown in Parliament Question Time.
This is what happens when institutions care more about looking “neutral” than being honest.
When they confuse balance with blandness, truth with trouble.
The ruling is clear: the ABC breached her rights.
That’s not a small thing for a broadcaster that holds itself up as a champion of free speech and fair journalism.
And while it tries to downplay the payout as a “learning moment,” don’t forget who foots the bill—taxpayers.
We just paid seven figures for management to silence a journalist doing her job.
And the timing? Even worse.
At a time when press freedom is under threat globally, Australia’s public broadcaster just confirmed it will ditch you the moment the political air gets weird.
Lattouf said it best herself: this was never just about her.
It’s about the right to speak without being sacrificed for someone else’s PR crisis.
Today, she won. The ABC? Not so much.
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