Twist in court showdown between Antoinette Lattouf and the ABC after she was pulled from her radio show

A pro-Palestine presenter taken off air after a barrage of complaints was not fired but instead 'relieved of any obligation to perform any further work', ABC lawyers have argued in court. Antoinette Lattouf was let go after three days of a week-long fill-in stint on ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings program when she shared a Human Rights Watch post that said Israel used starvation as a 'weapon of war' in Gaza. The barrister reiterated the broadcaster's stance then-chief content officer Chris Oliver-Taylor decided to remove Lattouf from her final two shifts because she had breached a direction. Antoinette Lattouf was let go after three days of a week-long fill-in stint on ABC Radio The broadcaster's then-chief content officer Chris Oliver-Taylor decided to remove Lattouf from her final two shifts because she had breached a direction Mr Oliver-Taylor also thought the decision was warranted because the journalist had potentially breached the ABC's personal use of social media guidelines, the court heard. Lattouf said she negotiated with Ms Green to be able to post objective facts from reputable sources She says there was pressure from pro-Israel lobbyists who sent a slew of complaints to now-outgoing ABC managing director David Anderson and then-chair Ita Buttrose.