ABC manager who had approached Lattouf for temporary hosting role told the court she had ‘tried to stop them’ from firing journalist
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There was pressure from “higher up” in the ABC to sack Antoinette Lattouf from the very first day she was on air, Lattouf’s line manager has told the federal court.
Elizabeth Green, the ABC manager who had approached Lattouf for the temporary hosting role, told the court she had “tried to stop them” from firing Lattouf but that “there was pressure coming from higher up”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/12/pressure-to-remove-antoinette-lattouf-came-from-higher-up-and-before-she-made-instagram-post-court-hears-ntwnfb
Author : Ben Doherty
Publish date : 2025-02-12 03:52:00
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