Australian Reporter Wins Suit Against ABC Over 'Anti-Semitic' Post (consortiumnews.com)

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Journalist Antoinette Lattouf was awarded A$70,000 and possibly more in damages after the public broadcaster wrongly dismissed her under Zionist lobby pressure for sharing a social media post critical of Israel's conduct in Gaza, reports Joe Lauria.

Lattouf v. ABC ruling. Judge finds that Aust https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/australian-reporter-wins-suit-against-abc-over-anti-semitic-post/

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[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

That just cost us over $1 million in tax money. That's our money wasted on lawyers.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Could have saved a lot of money had they just admitted it was a political firing, and simply rehired her, pro-palestine views and all.

[-] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That's our money well spent fighting against injustice and the corrupt interference in our country by Zionist extremists.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

Uhh, no? Lattouf spent money fighting zionists. The ABC, and hence the Australian tax payer, was spending money defending zionism.

[-] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

She won though. Therefore the money, having been spent, was not wasted was it.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone -1 points 10 months ago

Well, no. The money that got spent on lawyers and court fees was definitely wasted. The ABC could have issued an apology and made a reasonable offer of settlement without the huge bill to the taxpayer.

Or, you know...just not fired her in the first place. But that would have required not kowtowing to the Israel lobby...

[+] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

The ABC ran a bad case. It was bad from a legal standpoint. They lost it, and from the looks of it the judge didn't have to think very hard to weigh up which way it would go.

It was bad from a moral standpoint. Even if they had been legally allowed to do it, it was obvious from the beginning that they were bowing to terrorists (namely: the pro-Israel lobby) by ousting an anti-genocide journalist.

In what world is it not a waste to spend resources on a case that is both legally and morally dubiously?

[-] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It can never be a waste to fight against corruption... it is simply "use". The ABC was called to defend, not prosecute a case, and they lost. This is a WIN and i take exception to this outcome being descrbed as "a waste of taxpayer money". The only thing the courts have less of than money is time. The dollars get spent regardless of the subject, and some issues (such as protections for free speech) really DO deserve as much time as possible being spent on them.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

The ABC was called to defend, not prosecute a case, and they lost

They didn't have to defend. They wasted enormous resources in even trying. They both could and should have settled out of court over a year ago. The ABC wasted resources in choosing to run this case.

Why do you insist on defending the ABC here? They completely fucked up, multiple times, in multiple ways. They rolled over to genociders. Stop giving them credit by pretending that isn't an enormous fucking waste of resources.

[-] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Nowhere did i defend the ABC. Stop trying to put words in my mouth. I have stated my reason clearly enough most would understand. If you cannot see the difference between celebrating a win and (somehow) championing government excess i can't help you. The ABC is government owned and i would BET they are strongly compelled to fight litigation. I dont care. Like i said the money is spent anyway, what matters is the outcome, and i have reached my limit for talking to fools.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

If you cannot see the difference between celebrating a win

But that's not what you're doing. You're saying we shouldn't be criticising the ABC for their wastefulness in choosing to go ahead with this case.

If you cannot see the difference between celebrating a win and defending the wastefulness of the loser i can't help you.

[-] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Edited: i thought i misclicked back instead of reply and thought i lost my words...

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

And hopefully encourage the ABC to not do shit like that again.

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