Antoinette Lattouf has returned to Federal Court this morning to argue that the ABC should be fined “hundreds of thousands of dollars”, after she won her unlawful termination case against the broadcaster in June.

In 2023, Lattouf was dismissed three days into a five-day shift on ABC Radio Sydney’s show Mornings after she shared a post by Human Rights Watch saying Israel was using starvation as a “weapon of war”.

Justice Darryl Rangiah ruled in favour of Lattouf, citing that the ABC breached the Fair Work Act by firing her for her own political views.

Lattouf has already been awarded $70,000 in damages by the court, but today’s hearing will determine if the broadcaster will have to pay more to Lattouf.

Lattouf posted on X, saying the penalty hearing will serve as a deterrent.

“The Court sends a broader message that breaking workplace laws won’t come cheap and ensures offenders don’t treat it as a business expense. Without deterrence, a penalty is just words on paper,” she wrote.

While Lattouf’s legal team will argue for hundreds of thousands of dollars, she claims the ABC believes “$37k to $56k is fair”.

Photo: by antoinette.chiha is available HERE and used under a Creative Commons licence. The image has been modified.

Photo: by Shkuru Afshar is available HERE and used under a Creative Commons licence. The image has been modified.