Unlawful termination hearing is examining how and why ABC removed journalist from the Radio Sydney Mornings show in December 2023

Fagir starts his closing oral submissions by spelling out that Lattouf had been hired to present a “light, bright mornings program” but was almost immediately targeted by a campaign to oust her.

He steps through evidence he says the court heard in the case, including that Lattouf should not have been given a job at all and that the hiring was considered “grossly negligent”.

There is an extensive discussion about Ms Lattouf’s removal that has absolutely nothing to do with her work, absolutely nothing to do with anything she did during her employment at the ABC.

They knew next to nothing about her work, they knew nothing about her background, several of them say they didn’t know who she was.