ABC strongly denies outside influence in removal of Antoinette Lattouf

Amid the threat of a walkout, managing editor tells staff the broadcaster rejects' claims that pro-Israel groups lobbied for dismissal

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The ABC's senior management has strongly denied being influenced by outside lobbyists when it fired journalist Antoinette Lattouf, with managing director David Anderson addressing the issue in an all-staff email on Wednesday.

Staff at the ABC headquarters in Sydney threatened to walkout unless management addressed concerns raised by a Sydney Morning Herald report that it had seen a chain of leaked WhatsApp messages showing a campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists to have Lattouf sacked days before her dismissal.

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