Key occasions
We’re off once more within the federal courtroom
There’s some temporary feedback for Lattouf earlier than the ABC begins its closing submissions.
Amanda Meade
ABC will right this moment conclude its $1.1m defence
After a full day of closing submissions from Antoinette Lattouf’s authorized staff on Thursday, right this moment will see the ABC wrap up its defence of the illegal termination case.
The broadcaster will defend its determination to take Lattouf off air in December 2023, a choice it has all the time maintained was not a termination.
“The ABC maintains that it did not terminate Ms Lattouf’s one-week contract unlawfully but we do obviously understand that this is an impost on public funds, and that is why we have tried to attempt to settle this matter,” the performing managing director, Melanie Kleyn, mentioned this week, of the case which has price $1.1m in exterior attorneys.
Yesterday, we heard Lattouf’s barrister Oshie Fagir inform the courtroom that Ita Buttrose’s emails “hammering” executives with complaints had been influential in her sacking.
Fagir mentioned the previous chair was one in every of 4 ABC figureheads who performed a pivotal function within the removing of the informal host from air and her “attitude never wavered at any point”.
Welcome
Hello, I’m Nino Bucci, and I’ll be watching day eight of the Antoinette Lattouf v ABC illegal termination declare.
In the present day we anticipate to listen to the conclusion of closing arguments.
The listening to is scheduled to start at 9.45am and is live-streamed on the federal courtroom’s YouTube channel.
When last submissions have concluded Justice Darryl Rangiah will retire to contemplate his verdict.
