Antoinette Lattouf hearing day four: ABC did not follow usual process when journalist taken off-air, court hears – live

Unlawful termination claim is examining how and why reporter was taken off air after she posted about Israel-Gaza war on social mediaAnderson tells the court Lattouf should never have been appointed as a casual radio host on the Sydney Mornings radio program because of a publicly stated partisan position.Yes, I think her appointment to being host of mornings was a mistake.I still had concerns that we had put someone with a publicly stated partisan position on a current contentious issue.You were abhorred by what you had seen?I was concerned that that was going to end up on Radio Sydney. Continue reading...

Antoinette Lattouf hearing day four: ABC did not follow usual process when journalist taken off-air, court hears – live

Unlawful termination claim is examining how and why reporter was taken off air after she posted about Israel-Gaza war on social media

Anderson tells the court Lattouf should never have been appointed as a casual radio host on the Sydney Mornings radio program because of a publicly stated partisan position.

Yes, I think her appointment to being host of mornings was a mistake.

I still had concerns that we had put someone with a publicly stated partisan position on a current contentious issue.

You were abhorred by what you had seen?

I was concerned that that was going to end up on Radio Sydney. Continue reading...