On Friday, ABC barrister Ian Neil reiterated the broadcaster’s stance that then-chief content officer Chris Oliver-Taylor decided to remove Lattouf from her final two shifts because she had breached a direction.

“In context, no,” Neil said.

What does Lattouf claim?

She was let go after three days of a week-long fill-in stint on ABC Radio Sydney’s Mornings program when she shared a Human Rights Watch post that said Israel used starvation as a “weapon of war” in Gaza.

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf claims she was unlawfully dismissed by the ABC. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi

But the sole concern for Oliver-Taylor and others within the ABC was that Lattouf’s social media activity would create a perception that the broadcaster was biased, Neil argued.

Lattouf said she negotiated with Green to be able to post objective facts from reputable sources.

“On her case, the contents of that story were an incontrovertible fact, not an opinion at all.”

What has the ABC said?

“She was relieved of any obligation to perform any further work,” he told Justice Rangiah.

The ABC claimed journalist Antoinette Lattouf was not fired, but instead “relieved of any obligation to perform any further work”. Source: AAP / Dan Himbrechts

While the journalist might have felt disappointed at being asked not to work the final shifts, she would only be entitled to modest compensation if the court found that ABC unlawfully dismissed her, Neil argued.

Executives from the broadcaster recently revealed it had spent $1.1 million in taxpayer funds defending the case to date after its failed attempts to reach a settlement.

What else has happened in court?

Justice Rangiah has retired to consider his judgment.