The messages also reveal a member of the group Lawyers for Israel calling Lattouf’s lawyer Josh Bornstein, who is Jewish, a “traiter”.
It’s hilariously absurd that everyone is just fine with religious extremists attacking our democratic institutions like this. How would everyone feel about Isis establishing hostile espionage cells in Australia with a view to attacking journalists. Religious people are far too dangerous to be trusted with anything remotely important.
It’s hilariously absurd that everyone is just fine with religious extremists attacking our democratic institutions like this.
Nobody is fine with it. That’s why its news.
Article is paywalled.
Are the names of these scum visible? Is there any way for us to start campaigning for them to lose their licenses to practice law?
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Thanks.
Nicky Stein (Started his own firm, probably won’t fire himself but doesn’t mean his business is immune to negative public opinion)
https://www.keypropertylawyers.com.au
Robert Goot
https://www.statechambers.net/robert-m-goot-ao-sc
Debbie Wiener (Apparently has a history of being shit, ex. Going after Jewish DV victims and part of a Child Sex Abuse scandal)
https://www.vicbar.com.au/profile/6239
Lindy Blashki runs a dodgy looking “career consultation” company in Melbourne
http://www.castancareers.com/who-we-are
Anyone got a template letter for informing employers about the actions of employees outside of work and their reflection on the company?
It seems to me like the issue here isn’t that these lawyers wrote letters, but whether the ABC folded to pressure instead of following their own policies, and whether information was leaked from the ABC.
I’d say there’s something wrong with these workers of our legal system, clandestinely meeting together to harass workers for holding political views and terrorising public institutions to conform to their views.
They didn’t “harass workers”, did they? I think the ABC should also be able to withstand a letter-writing campaign and that “terrorising” is a bit of a stretch there.
Spurious threats of legal action might be of interest to professional bodies, though.
I’m inclined to agree. This is not front page news and arguably not even news.
Some Jewish people unhappy about an ABC reporter taking what appears to them to be an anti Israel position write a letter of complaint. The fact they are lawyers is neither here nor there.
If the situation was reversed and they were pro Palestinian complaining about what appears to be an anti Palestine point of view nobody would say boo.
The fact they are lawyers is neither here nor there.
Well, the lawyers involved think differently:
Nicky Stein
Needs to be done again today … It is important ABC hears not just from individuals in the community but specifically lawyers so they feel there is an actual legal threat.
Nicky Stein
I have basically written to them and told them I expect a proper response, not a generic one, by COB today or I would look to engage a senior counsel. I know there is probably no actionable offence against ABC but I didn’t say I would be taking one - just investigating one. I have said they they should be terminating her employment immediately.
Nicky Stein
Just got this back from Ita Buttrose in response to my email (which was a bit cheeky threatening legal action I know)
So I’d say that they’re lawyers is relevant in that they thought it would help them apply pressure, and it seems to have. I don’t think just anyone would be able to get a personal response from the ABC chairperson. What’s more is that they knew their threats of legal action weren’t well-founded.
I mean you’d be 100% wrong. I hate what they did but the right to organise hasn’t been taken away and well it should not, otherwise you’d be a potential criminal too.
I would not.
And frankly who said shit about ‘the right to organise being taken away’? You’re arguing against a point no one has made.
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