Flurry of emails exchanged between Ita Buttrose and David Anderson before Antoinette Lattouf’s sacking Federal court file indicates Buttrose, Anderson and ABC chief content officer communicated on 19 December before Lattouf was taken off air on 20 December.
While the contents of the emails have not yet been published, the court file shows that Buttrose, Anderson and ABC chief content officer Chris Oliver-Taylor were communicating on the Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning before Lattouf was sacked at 1.30pm by ABC Sydney local radio management.
The ABC disputed this part of the claim, saying it told her “the ABC has received some complaints about you being on-air in because of a perceived stance on the Israel/Palestine conflict based on your social media posts” and she should avoid posting anything about Israel/Palestine while she is with the ABC.
Lattouf says she was told by an ABC manager later that day that “the ABC had had a large number of complaints from pro-Israel lobbyists about the applicant being on-air” and she should “keep a low profile on Twitter” but “could post factual information from reputable sources like Amnesty International”.
The ABC said it received multiple emails from 18 December and that the complaints concerned the ABC’s conduct in engaging Lattouf to present Sydney Mornings.
