Antoinette Lattouf v ABC hearing live: Ita Buttrose among final witnesses in high-stakes claim Star witness today is former ABC chair Ita Buttrose.
But first up today is the former head of ABC Sydney local radio Steve Ahern who is the man who hired Lattouf for five days in December 2023, a decision described as “a negligent error of judgement” by the managing director David Anderson.
On Friday the court heard Chris Oliver-Taylor, the ABC executive who sacked Lattouf for sharing a Human Rights Watch post, felt “pressure from above” after Buttrose sent him all the complaints she was receiving.
If one thing has emerged from journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s quixotic battle with the ABC over her sacking 14 months ago, it is that the public broadcaster appears to be so weighed down by procedures, policy codes and guidelines that even senior management can’t keep up.
Over today and Wednesday we will hear evidence from the remaining five witnesses, all from the ABC: Ita Buttrose, Steve Ahern, Simon Melkman, Ben Latimer and Elizabeth Green.
