National Public Broadcaster Sacks Reporter for Anti-Semitism

Union says the Australian Broadcasting Corporation should back its reporters.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's studio in South Bank, Brisbane in Australia on Aug. 11, 2023. Courtesy of Margery Dunn

A fill-in ABC radio presenter has been sacked following complaints from the Jewish community over a series of pro-Palestine posts on social media.

Lebanese Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf had just hosted ABC Sydney’s morning radio program for three days before she was sacked for posting comments critical of Israel.