Australia's ABC ordered to pay journalist fired over Gaza post | International

SYDNEY, Sept 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Australia's public broadcaster was ordered Wednesday to pay a hefty penalty to a radio journalist dismissed over a social media post related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Journalist Antoinette Lattouf took legal action after being fired in December 2023 just three days into a five-day casual contract with the ABC. She was fired for reposting to Instagram a Human Rights Watch video report on the Gaza conflict with the comment: "HRW reporting starvation as a tool of war". Federal Court judge Darryl Rangiah previously said the broadcaster broke employment law by terminating Lattouf "for reasons including that she held political opinions opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza". And on Wednesday, Rangiah said the ABC's...