Broadcaster has argued onus was on sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf to prove it, angering some staff and cultural groups

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The ABC has amended its legal defence in the unlawful termination suit it is defending in federal court, after outcry about its claims that the onus was on the sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf to prove the existence of a Lebanese, Arab or Middle Eastern race.

On Tuesday, the ABC’s lead barrister, Ian Neil SC, began by amending the broadcaster’s defence to say that the ABC accepted “Lattouf is a person of Lebanese and Arab and Middle Eastern descent”.

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