Ms Lattouf sued the ABC after she was sent home midway through a stint on ABC Radio’s Sydney Mornings program in the lead-up to Christmas in 2023. In the Federal Court on Wednesday, Justice Rangiah ordered the ABC pay a penalty of $150,000 to Ms Lattouf for four contraventions of the act. In a social media post on Wednesday Ms Lattouf said that: “to date ABC has spent well over $2m of taxpayer money fighting me.”Following its loss, the ABC was ordered to pay Ms Lattouf $70,000 in compensation. The court was told on Wednesday that Ms Lattouf may also apply for the broadcaster to pay her legal bills. During her evidence, Ms Buttrose denied that this was proof that she wanted Ms Lattouf fired.