The ABC has copped a $150,000 fine for unlawfully sacking a fill-in presenter for an Instagram post about Gaza after a campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists.

The penalty was levied on Wednesday against the public broadcaster for breaching workplace law when it sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf from her casual role on ABC Radio Sydney’s Mornings program in 2023.

The amount is less than half of the $350,000 figure Lattouf called for at a Federal Court hearing earlier in September.

The ABC has 28 days to pay the fine, which comes in addition to the $70,000 in damages she was previously awarded.

The broadcaster has spent more than $2 million in taxpayer funds defending the case.

Lattouf was dismissed three days into a five-day hosting stint in December 2023 after sharing an Instagram post

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