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

Ian Neil SC, for the ABC, said it is important for Justice Darryl Rangiah to get to the truth of why Antoinette Lattouf was taken off air.

Key to this, Neil says, is an understanding of a Microsoft Teams meeting between ABC managers and executives, including Lattouf’s line manager at Radio Sydney, Elizabeth Green, and the chief content officer, Chris Oliver-Taylor.

That’s a powerful consideration to weigh against Ms Green’s recollection, leading to the conclusion that it’s an unresolvable factual issue.

We do reiterate, what earthly reason would he have for lying, misrepresenting, what he had been told … two minutes before, to his superior.