Overview

• Federal Court proceedings on Wednesday will determine whether the ABC must pay penalties in addition to the June damages award.
• Antoinette Lattouf seeks penalties in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the ABC proposes a range of about $37,000 to $56,000.
• Justice Darryl Rangiah found the broadcaster breached employment law by removing Lattouf three days into a five‑shift fill‑in after she shared a Human Rights Watch post on Gaza.
• The court found coordinated complaints from pro‑Israel lobbyists pressured management and that telling her she was "not required" was a euphemistic dismissal without a chance to respond.
• Any penalty would be on top of the ABC’s already substantial legal costs in the case, according to the coverage.