Journalist Antoinette Lattouf says she is yet to receive a personal apology from the ABC after a judge found she was unlawfully sacked for reasons including her political opinions.

Her lawyers returned to the Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday to push for a financial penalty of $300-$350,000 to be imposed for contraventions of the Fair Work Act.

The ABC's lawyers have argued that the penalty should be between $37,500 and $56,000.

Speaking outside of court ahead of the hearing, Ms Lattouf said she had never received a personal public apology from the public broadcaster.

"Well, the ABC are meant to be the good guys in the media, and I am a big believer and a big supporter of a fair and robust ABC," she told reporters.

" I haven't had a personal apology, a personal public apology, and

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