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Feb 11 9 tweets 13 min read
Last day of witness testimony for Lattouf v. ABC will begin in about 30 minutes. Live updates will be on this thread and the proceedings will be live-streamed from the Federal Court of Australia on this link: Image Yesterday ended with the former ABC Chair Ita Buttrose claiming she had nothing to do with @antoinette_news' sacking, despite evidence of a number of emails she sent to subordinates that appeared to apply pressure for this outcome.

She stated in court: "I'm not happy and I wasn't happy. I didn't wish her to be removed. I didn't put pressure on anybody. It's a fantasy of your own imagination. I have nothing to do with her dismissal".Image
Feb 10 10 tweets 18 min read
Lattouf v. ABC will resume in the Federal Court of Australia in about 20 minutes time & we'll hear from five witnesses over the two days. Updates are on this thread & the proceedings can be viewed on this link.

Image @antoinette_news Day Six of Lattouf v. ABC in session. Judge makes announcement about violations of the confidentiality of complainants' names & addresses - and the uploading of unredacted material to the publicly available online files. ABC lawyer apologises for the human error.
Feb 6 11 tweets 18 min read
Our DAY FIVE reporting on the Lattouf v. ABC case will be on this thread and starting at 9.30am AEDT, the proceedings can be viewed via this link ⬇️
Image We arrived at a point yesterday where David Anderson, the Managing Director of the ABC (Australia's national broadcaster) testified that @antoinette_news' mention of "Illegally occupied territories" of #Gaza could be interpreted as anti-semitic hate speech.

The Australian journalists' union @withMEAA has since issued a statement about outside interference that may have influenced such views within the ABC.Image
Feb 5 11 tweets 9 min read
Our DAY FOUR reporting on the Lattouf v. ABC case will be on this thread and starting at 10.45am AEDT, the proceedings can be viewed via this link ⬇️
Image @antoinette_news #LattoufvABC Day 4 hearing will begin in 15 minutes.
Feb 4 20 tweets 13 min read
Our DAY THREE reporting on the Lattouf v. ABC case will be on this thread and starting at 10.15am AEDT, the proceedings can be viewed via this link ⬇️
Image Court will call on two documents from Feb 6 2025 & Jan 31 2025. The Applicant t has been given them.

ABC: The Applicant's intro jumbled the chronology of events. We will correct that. The decision that Lattouf would not continue to present was made solely by Mr Oliver-Taylor.

The only question for the court is the immediate reason for his decision.

A thread the Applicant wishes to construct is that Ms Buttrose, Anderson & Oliver-Taylor were hostile to Lattouf. There was only a perception of partiality in her social media posting.

A second thread is that complaints the ABC influenced actions taken. This is not so.

Now I'd like to turn to the contract between ABC & Lattouf.
Feb 3 31 tweets 13 min read
Our DAY TWO reporting on the Lattouf v. ABC case will be on this thread and starting at 10.15am AEDT, the proceedings can be viewed via this link ⬇️
youtube.com/watch?v=ewJZTJ…

Read our DAY ONE account below.
x.com/Consortiumnews… x.com/Consortiumnews…Image @antoinette_news Some background information on Lattouf's case.
Feb 2 40 tweets 10 min read
Journalist @antoinette_news who was sacked by Australia's national broadcaster for posting on social media about #Gaza will have her unlawful dismissal claim heard in the federal court today. The proceedings will be live-streamed here on YouTube:
youtube.com/live/a8RorBeAi… x.com/antoinette_new…Image @antoinette_news Proceedings in progress. Lattouf's lawyer asserts that she was not sacked because of a standard ABC policy, but an alleged special direction to her, not to post anything on her private social media account about Israel-Gaza, after a series of complaints from the pro-Israel lobby.
May 20, 2024 25 tweets 4 min read
We'll be live on this thread at 10.30am BST from the #Assange courtroom in London, where judges will announce whether he may appeal on any or all of 3 grounds:

- risk of death penalty
- prejudice by way of his nationality
- risk of no First Amendment protection

Or, extradition! Image We are now connected to the Royal Courts of Justice. The courtroom is filling up. Journalists were instructed to sign in 30 minutes before proceedings began. The #Assange Hearing starts in 24 minutes.
May 13, 2024 29 tweets 6 min read
We're heading off to the Supreme Court in Canberra for the sentencing decision on military whistleblower David McBride @MurdochCadell. Updates will be on this thread. Image We're inside the courtroom, awaiting Judge Mossop. David McBride @MurdochCadell is close by with his dog Jake. David's eyes are closed, as they were last week.
May 5, 2024 63 tweets 11 min read
We are standing outside courtroom 7 of the Canberra Supreme Court with @MurdochCadell & his defence. Another case is still being
Heard Before the sentencing of David McBride we will hear submissions from the prosecution first, led by Trish McDonald, and then from the defence, led by Mark Odgers. The courtroom door has not yet opened.
Feb 21, 2024 28 tweets 6 min read
Our live updates from the #Assange courtroom at the Royal Courts of Justice, Day 2 afternoon session, will be on this thread. Image Court in session. Now we can hear the prosecution but not the judges.
Feb 21, 2024 47 tweets 7 min read
Our live updates from the #Assange courtroom on Day 2, morning session, will be on this thread. Image @unjoe @CathyVoganSPK We are connected to the #Assange courtroom for Day 2 of his Renewal Appeal. Today we will hear from the prosecution and we have view on Clare Dobbin KC preparing her papers. No sound from the courtroom as yet
Feb 20, 2024 38 tweets 6 min read
Our live updates from the #Assange Renewal Appeal courtroom - Day 1 afternoon session - will be on this thread. Image @unjoe @CathyVoganSPK Court in session again.
Feb 20, 2024 50 tweets 7 min read
Consortium News hopes to be live tweeting from the #Assange court room on this thread, but we have NOT received our video links as yet - neither @unjoe nor @CathyVoganSPK (who had intended to connect via remote access).

If the links do not arrive they will both be in the court room and will endeavour to report from there.Image @unjoe @CathyVoganSPK Still no remote access links for @Consortiumnews but the court has said they will try to get ours to us ASAP. #Assange Hearing begins in 20 minutes.
Nov 13, 2023 22 tweets 4 min read
DAY 2 David McBride trial @MurdochCadell
Tweets on this thread Image @MurdochCadell Defence is presenting a note related to a classified document illustration circumstances where an officer would best disobey orders, to avoid a dangerous situation for example, and be 'guilty' of a military offence, but not a criminal act.
Nov 12, 2023 75 tweets 10 min read
We are inside courtroom 7 at the Supreme Court in Canberra where the case against whistleblower David McBride is about to begin. #DavidMcBride

Tweets will be on this thread. Image David McBride will be defended by Stephen Odges, Emmanuel Kerkysharian and Paul d'Assumpcao.
Jun 9, 2022 33 tweets 25 min read
We'll be reporting live on this thread from the courtroom in Canberra in the FOI case of @SMaurizi and @dfat.

She has requested communications about #JulianAssange @SMaurizi @dfat Court in session. @BarnsGreg representing @SMaurizi who is online from Italy. 23 pages have come through to the court. Miss Logan (witness is attendance) & is available for questioning.
Oct 28, 2021 86 tweets 24 min read
Day 2 of the USA v #Assange Appeal will begin soon and we'll be hearing from the defence. You can read their arguments here:
defend.wikileaks.org/wp-content/upl….

Follow our tweets from the courtroom on this thread. We are in the courtroom. About to start.
Oct 27, 2021 80 tweets 22 min read
#JulianAssange is no doubt on his way to the High Court for the USA v Assange Appeal, starting 10.30am BST. We will be connected to the hearing via video link and live-tweeting on this thread. The Appeal will be heard by Lord Justice Holroyde and Lord Chief Justice Burnett.
Aug 11, 2021 56 tweets 17 min read
The #JulianAssange High Court hearing before Lord Justice Holyrode and Mrs Justice Farbey will begin soon.

We will be live-tweeting on this thread. @unjoe @CathyVoganSPK @ElizabethleaVos @DEAcampaign @wikileaks @WilkieMP @JulianHillMP @people4assange @deepa_driver @BillHog15360397 We are in the #Assange courtroom video link and can see Edward Fitzgerald (defense) and Clair Dobbin (prosecution). Ten minutes to go.
Jan 27, 2021 23 tweets 5 min read
We're standing by in the virtual courtroom for @CraigMurrayOrg's trial to begin. Our tweets will be on this thread. More info on the case can be found at craigmurray.org.uk Presiding are Lord Turnbull, Lord Menzies and Lady Dorian. Court its now in session.

#CraigMurray