Antoinette Lattouf v ABC hearing live: editorial adviser declines to comment on string of Patricia Karvelas social media posts presented in court

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Lattouf’s unlawful termination claim against ABC examines how and why she was sacked after posting on social media about Israel-Gaza war. Follow the hearing live.

Fagir presses Latimer on the social media advice given to Lattouf

Fagir is now taking Latimer to advice he received from the acting editorial director, Simon Melkman.

The direction to Steve was that Ms Lattouf doesn’t post anything in the context of the Middle East conflict on her socials.

That was the direction.

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Australia ‘killing’ US manufacturing with aluminium imports, Trump’s trade adviser says

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Peter Navarro’s comments to US media, which follow president’s 25% tariff announcement, were shared on an official Trump administration account on X

Donald Trump’s trade adviser claims Australia is “crushing” and “killing” America’s manufacturing sector with its imports of aluminium, as the Albanese government scrambles to try to secure exemptions to the president’s 25% tariffs on metal.

Anthony Albanese said he was still hopeful the local steel and aluminium industry could be spared from the tariff regime, even after escalating comments from the Trump administration criticising current trade arrangements with allies, including Australia.

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Next ad banned over ‘unhealthily thin’ model in digitally altered leggings

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Watchdog upholds complaint about advert that digitally altered clothing and used low angle to accentuate long legs

The UK advertising watchdog has banned an advert from high street retailer Next for featuring an “unhealthily thin” model in digitally altered clothing.

The advertisement, which ran on its website, featured a model marketing Next’s “power stretch denim leggings”.

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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

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Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe

A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade, new research reveals.

The Washington DC-based non-profit organisation Freedom House has documented 1,219 incidents carried out by 48 governments across 103 countries, from 2014 to 2024.

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Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part – CNN

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  1. Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part  CNN
  2. Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance  Reuters
  3. Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo  The New Humanitarian
  4. Fresh fighting flares in eastern DR Congo  Voice of America
  5. DRC bishops stress need for ceasefire, dialogue, and human dignity  Catholic News Agency
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Pressure from ‘higher up’ at ABC to sack Antoinette Lattouf from very first day on air, court hears

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ABC manager who had approached Lattouf for temporary hosting role told the court she had ‘tried to stop them’ from firing journalist

There was pressure from “higher up” in the ABC to sack Antoinette Lattouf from the very first day she was on air, Lattouf’s line manager has told the federal court.

Elizabeth Green, the ABC manager who had approached Lattouf for the temporary hosting role, told the court she had “tried to stop them” from firing Lattouf but that “there was pressure coming from higher up”.

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Teacher accused of killing first grader as school stabbing shocks South Korea – CNN

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  1. Teacher accused of killing first grader as school stabbing shocks South Korea  CNN
  2. Teacher stabs 8-year-old student to death at elementary school in South Korea  CBS News
  3. 8-Year-Old Student Dies After Being Stabbed By Elementary School Teacher  PEOPLE
  4. 7-year-old's death highlights crisis in mental health support for teachers  코리아타임스
  5. South Korean teacher admits to stabbing girl to death, police say  Reuters
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AFL plan to extract more money from gambling faces potential legal challenge

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Exclusive: Bookmakers consider fighting proposal to increase fees from 0.9% to 1.5% of turnover from most bets

The AFL’s bid to secure a bigger share of gambling losses – despite public health warnings and criticism of sports betting – faces a potential legal challenge from bookmakers who believe it is already taking too much.

A draft proposal sent to bookmakers shows the AFL wants to significantly increase the cut it takes from bets placed on its matches. The cut, known as a product fee, is a percentage of a bookmaker’s turnover or revenue, whichever is highest.

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Australian judge who wrongly jailed man during divorce case won’t face consequences, high court finds

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Court finds Salvatore Vasta is immune from a civil suit and that the guards and security officers are not liable

A judge who wrongly jailed a man during routine divorce proceedings should be protected from any personal consequences for his actions, the high court has ruled, despite the episode being described as an “affront to justice” and a “parody”.

The high court’s ruling on Wednesday restores broad-based protections to all federal judges and shields them from being sued for wrong decisions, and overturns a 2023 decision that shook Australia’s legal fraternity and prompted urgent calls for reform.

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Elon Musk appears with Trump and tries to claim ‘Doge’ team is transparent

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Key presidential ally, whose agency has operated in secrecy, also makes claim – without evidence – of fraud at USAid

Elon Musk claimed in the Oval Office on Tuesday that his so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was providing maximum transparency as it bulldozed its way through the federal government, remarks contradicted by the reality of how he has operated in deep secrecy.

The appearance from Musk was the first time he had taken questions from the news media since his arrival in Washington, and he used his time standing next to Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk to defend the aggressive cost-cutting measures the Doge team has pursued.

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