ABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s position Chris Oliver-Taylor tells unlawful termination hearing of events leading up to decision to sack journalist three days into casual contract.
Under cross-examination in the federal court which is hearing Lattouf’s unlawful termination claim, the outgoing ABC content chief, Chris Oliver-Taylor, said there was a “strong view” from colleagues about “having someone who has published strong views, either way, on air”.
The ABC executive who sacked Antoinette Lattouf for sharing a Human Rights Watch post has conceded he felt “pressure from above” after the then ABC chair, Ita Buttrose, sent him all the complaints she was receiving.
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