Antoinette Lattouf hearing day four: ABC managing director David Anderson to resume giving evidence – live Anderson told court about regrets and flagged ‘step missing’ in Lattouf process.
Witnesses today include two ABC chiefs: David Anderson, the managing director who is back to complete his cross-examination, and Chris Oliver-Taylor, the outgoing ABC content chief.
Fagir challenged Anderson on why Lattouf was taken off air when Tingle and other ABC personalities had been allowed to make potentially contentious or impartial statements.
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” Anderson said, adding that it would have been useful to talk to Lattouf to find out what the motivation behind her social media post was.
Anderson also revealed he agreed with the statement “Australia is a racist country” and had no problem with ABC political editor Laura Tingle making the statement at a writers’ festival.
