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A former ABC radio host says she was hired to discuss cats and Christmas pudding, but sharing an anti-Israel social media post thrust her into the burdensome role of being a poster girl for justice, humanity and press freedom. Antoinette Lattouf, 41, was hired on a casual basis to present the Mornings show on ABC Radio Sydney over five days in December 2023.
The 41-year-old recounted a phone call with ABC Radio Sydney content director Elizabeth Green two days before she was let go. Ms Green allegedly described the ABC receiving a flood of complaints from pro-Israel lobbyists about the decision to put Lattouf on air. “I said ‘If the sky was blue, they’d probably have a problem with it’,” Lattouf told the court. “ said ‘Yes I agree, it’s angering me that I have to have this conversation’.
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