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Afternoon Update: Ita Buttrose’s explosive letter; conservatives win in Germany; and Pamela Anderson’s renaissance​on February 24, 2025 at 5:58 am

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.The former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has pointed to alleged “inconsistencies” in David Anderson’s affidavit for a federal court case, citing differing details of where and when the outgoing managing director told Buttrose that Antoinette Lattouf had been sacked.In an explosive letter to ABC lawyers seen by Guardian Australia, Buttrose last week urged the ABC to tell Lattouf’s lawyers about the alleged inconsistencies in Anderson’s version of events as set out in his affidavit. The affidavit was filed in court in Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC, which returns for closing arguments on Thursday.Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis showsBruce Lehrmann faces Hobart court accused of stealing Toyota 4WDFour WiseTech board directors quit over ‘differing views’ of Richard White’s roleZelenskyy says he would ‘quit for peace’ as he refuses US demand for Ukraine mineralsDutton says Coalition will pay to match Labor’s $8.5bn Medicare boost by cutting thousands of public service jobsScreen Actors Guild awards: Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win major categories Continue reading…Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.The former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has pointed to alleged “inconsistencies” in David Anderson’s affidavit for a federal court case, citing differing details of where and when the outgoing managing director told Buttrose that Antoinette Lattouf had been sacked.In an explosive letter to ABC lawyers seen by Guardian Australia, Buttrose last week urged the ABC to tell Lattouf’s lawyers about the alleged inconsistencies in Anderson’s version of events as set out in his affidavit. The affidavit was filed in court in Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC, which returns for closing arguments on Thursday.Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis showsBruce Lehrmann faces Hobart court accused of stealing Toyota 4WDFour WiseTech board directors quit over ‘differing views’ of Richard White’s roleZelenskyy says he would ‘quit for peace’ as he refuses US demand for Ukraine mineralsDutton says Coalition will pay to match Labor’s $8.5bn Medicare boost by cutting thousands of public service jobsScreen Actors Guild awards: Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win major categories Continue reading…   

The former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has pointed to alleged “inconsistencies” in David Anderson’s affidavit for a federal court case, citing differing details of where and when the outgoing managing director told Buttrose that Antoinette Lattouf had been sacked.

In an explosive letter to ABC lawyers seen by Guardian Australia, Buttrose last week urged the ABC to tell Lattouf’s lawyers about the alleged inconsistencies in Anderson’s version of events as set out in hisaffidavit. The affidavit was filed in court in Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC, which returns for closing arguments on Thursday.

Guardian Australia does not suggest that Anderson’s testimony in the federal court case was anything but his honest recollection of events that took place in late 2023.

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