Chad Toprak
@chadtoprak.bsky.social
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miracle of miracles, it's finally HERE
📣 The full schedule drop for the ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories 🎮 @romchip.bsky.social Twitch Fundraiser on Feb 21st
Check out everything we got coming down the line: donate.romchip.org/2026-schedul...
📣 The full schedule drop for the ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories 🎮 @romchip.bsky.social Twitch Fundraiser on Feb 21st
Check out everything we got coming down the line: donate.romchip.org/2026-schedul...
2026 Schedule
About the Book Released in fall 2007, Assassin’s Creed transformed video gaming. Across more than a dozen franchise entries, players engage with the eternal conflict between the Order of...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
miracle of miracles, it's finally HERE
📣 The full schedule drop for the ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories 🎮 @romchip.bsky.social Twitch Fundraiser on Feb 21st
Check out everything we got coming down the line: donate.romchip.org/2026-schedul...
📣 The full schedule drop for the ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories 🎮 @romchip.bsky.social Twitch Fundraiser on Feb 21st
Check out everything we got coming down the line: donate.romchip.org/2026-schedul...
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This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
Sign and pledge!
In the first month of our campaign OVER 2,000 people have signed our boycott Xbox pledge! So far that's:
🎮 1,913 gamers
🔨 296 game workers & developers
✏️ 179 game writers
👾 146 streamers
Thank you for your support with our launch, we can’t wait to build the campaign bigger and better next year!
🎮 1,913 gamers
🔨 296 game workers & developers
✏️ 179 game writers
👾 146 streamers
Thank you for your support with our launch, we can’t wait to build the campaign bigger and better next year!
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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this was such a delight to work on. thank you to everyone who participated & contributed, and a big thanks to @helenkwok.bsky.social who led & steered the project. my favourite part of the project was getting to chat to our mums about the games they used to play when they were younger 🥰💖
IT'S A WRAP! ✨ @chadtoprak.bsky.social & I have de-installed Traces of Play at Footscray Community Arts. With over 40 game contributions, we want to thank everyone who played/contributed a game, our workshop participants, the exhibition curators, producers, artists & FCA staff. 💛
📸 Yi Li & Thuy Vy
📸 Yi Li & Thuy Vy
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
this was such a delight to work on. thank you to everyone who participated & contributed, and a big thanks to @helenkwok.bsky.social who led & steered the project. my favourite part of the project was getting to chat to our mums about the games they used to play when they were younger 🥰💖
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📣 The next ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories [ @romchip.bsky.social ] Twitch Fundraiser is shaping up!
join us SAT FEBRUARY 21 for 12 hours w/ incredible friends like
@halfrobot.com
@kendraserra.bsky.social
@tigershungry.co.uk
@textfiles.com
@chadtoprak.bsky.social
donate.romchip.org
join us SAT FEBRUARY 21 for 12 hours w/ incredible friends like
@halfrobot.com
@kendraserra.bsky.social
@tigershungry.co.uk
@textfiles.com
@chadtoprak.bsky.social
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ROMCHIP FUNDRAISER
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation (d.b.a. Hack Club), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 81-2908499).
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December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📣 The next ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories [ @romchip.bsky.social ] Twitch Fundraiser is shaping up!
join us SAT FEBRUARY 21 for 12 hours w/ incredible friends like
@halfrobot.com
@kendraserra.bsky.social
@tigershungry.co.uk
@textfiles.com
@chadtoprak.bsky.social
donate.romchip.org
join us SAT FEBRUARY 21 for 12 hours w/ incredible friends like
@halfrobot.com
@kendraserra.bsky.social
@tigershungry.co.uk
@textfiles.com
@chadtoprak.bsky.social
donate.romchip.org
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SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
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Some initial photos from the Traces of Play workshop last Saturday! Thanks to everyone who came along - @chadtoprak.bsky.social and I feel incredibly blessed to have shared the afternoon laughing and playing games with you all! 💛✨
📸 Photo credits: @chadtoprak.bsky.social
📸 Photo credits: @chadtoprak.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Some initial photos from the Traces of Play workshop last Saturday! Thanks to everyone who came along - @chadtoprak.bsky.social and I feel incredibly blessed to have shared the afternoon laughing and playing games with you all! 💛✨
📸 Photo credits: @chadtoprak.bsky.social
📸 Photo credits: @chadtoprak.bsky.social
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Hello! @chadtoprak.bsky.social & I will be hosting a Traces of Play workshop next weekend at Footscray Community Arts! ✨ It'll be super chill & the games we play won't be too strenuous on the body. 🧘🏻♀️
📅 Sat 29 Nov 2025
🕐 1-2:30pm
🎟️ Book a free tix (limited spots): footscrayarts.com/event/traces...
📅 Sat 29 Nov 2025
🕐 1-2:30pm
🎟️ Book a free tix (limited spots): footscrayarts.com/event/traces...
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Hello! @chadtoprak.bsky.social & I will be hosting a Traces of Play workshop next weekend at Footscray Community Arts! ✨ It'll be super chill & the games we play won't be too strenuous on the body. 🧘🏻♀️
📅 Sat 29 Nov 2025
🕐 1-2:30pm
🎟️ Book a free tix (limited spots): footscrayarts.com/event/traces...
📅 Sat 29 Nov 2025
🕐 1-2:30pm
🎟️ Book a free tix (limited spots): footscrayarts.com/event/traces...
Applications for Screen Australia's Future Leaders Delegation to BitSummit 2026 closes soon (13 Nov, 5pm AEDT).
Get your applications in for a chance to travel to Japan and showcase your game!
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-ne...
Get your applications in for a chance to travel to Japan and showcase your game!
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-ne...
Applications open for Future Leaders Delegation to BitSummit 2026 - Screen News - Screen Australia
Applications are open for Screen Australia’s 2026 Future Leaders Delegation.
www.screenaustralia.gov.au
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Applications for Screen Australia's Future Leaders Delegation to BitSummit 2026 closes soon (13 Nov, 5pm AEDT).
Get your applications in for a chance to travel to Japan and showcase your game!
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-ne...
Get your applications in for a chance to travel to Japan and showcase your game!
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-ne...
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After a long gap, pleased to share:
Episode 2 of Games & Resistance, a slow-burn podcast miniseries hosted by @chadtoprak.bsky.social & me.
We interview Lebanese / NYC game dev Ramsey Nasser about his work, including recent project gaza.memorial.
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/739b...
Episode 2 of Games & Resistance, a slow-burn podcast miniseries hosted by @chadtoprak.bsky.social & me.
We interview Lebanese / NYC game dev Ramsey Nasser about his work, including recent project gaza.memorial.
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/739b...
S1E2 - 02 - Ramsey Nasser
# Episode 2 - Ramsey Nasser For our second episode, we talk to Ramsey Nasser, a Lebanese game designer, computer scientist, and educator who lives in NYC. We talk to Ramsey about one of his recent p...
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
After a long gap, pleased to share:
Episode 2 of Games & Resistance, a slow-burn podcast miniseries hosted by @chadtoprak.bsky.social & me.
We interview Lebanese / NYC game dev Ramsey Nasser about his work, including recent project gaza.memorial.
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/739b...
Episode 2 of Games & Resistance, a slow-burn podcast miniseries hosted by @chadtoprak.bsky.social & me.
We interview Lebanese / NYC game dev Ramsey Nasser about his work, including recent project gaza.memorial.
games-and-resistance.pinecast.co/episode/739b...
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Reminder to complete this!
I will not be returning to the US given the current political climate; not keen on risking my safety or endorsing the current government by visiting.
I will not be returning to the US given the current political climate; not keen on risking my safety or endorsing the current government by visiting.
Folks who make video games! @officialgdc.bsky.social is running the annual State of the Industry survey again. You should take the chance to weigh in!
The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reminder to complete this!
I will not be returning to the US given the current political climate; not keen on risking my safety or endorsing the current government by visiting.
I will not be returning to the US given the current political climate; not keen on risking my safety or endorsing the current government by visiting.
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ICYMI: We are looking for expressions of interest for anyone wanting to learn Blender! Follow the link and read all the details!
We are collaborating with 2pt (@2ptinteractive.bsky.social) to run a series of beginner Blender workshops titled 'A Blender Workshop'
These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.
⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.
⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
October 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
ICYMI: We are looking for expressions of interest for anyone wanting to learn Blender! Follow the link and read all the details!
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Thank you everyone for coming along to our exhibition launch today! ☺️💛 @chadtoprak.bsky.social & I feel so grateful and loved! 🥹✨
(I totally forgot to take any photos but it was so lovely to see people playing in the playspace of Traces of Play and adding a game to the wall 🥰)
(I totally forgot to take any photos but it was so lovely to see people playing in the playspace of Traces of Play and adding a game to the wall 🥰)
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Thank you everyone for coming along to our exhibition launch today! ☺️💛 @chadtoprak.bsky.social & I feel so grateful and loved! 🥹✨
(I totally forgot to take any photos but it was so lovely to see people playing in the playspace of Traces of Play and adding a game to the wall 🥰)
(I totally forgot to take any photos but it was so lovely to see people playing in the playspace of Traces of Play and adding a game to the wall 🥰)
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📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!
⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.
🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.
Let's chat!
hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin
⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.
🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.
Let's chat!
hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin
October 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!
⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.
🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.
Let's chat!
hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin
⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.
🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.
Let's chat!
hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin
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spoke to @afterclimate.com.au about the sustainable games standard, a means of tracking emissions now publicly available for use by the entire games industry. a lot of thought went into this thing
![“In terms of methodology, each one is a little bit different,” said Abraham. “I started with whatever already existed, talked to a lot of our member companies and some other contributing ones. We knew we needed a quick and dirty method for as many as possible, so where there's the option to make a ‘spend based’ calculation, we've put one in there. Those are good for fast and easy numbers, but they don't give you any control over the emissions, because the only way to reduce them is ‘spend less money,’ which you might not want to do if you're marketing your new game.”
This meant that in some cases, Abraham – alongside games industry experts – had to devise new methods entirely.
“Like the [section 3.11] use of sold products (mobile) component, which says ‘OK, phones have batteries, what if we measure the battery level at the start and the end of a game session, that will tell us how much power the game has used,’” said Abraham. “Because the use of energy at the battery doesn't actually directly generate emissions, we also have to trace it back to the source, which is grid electricity emissions. To get power from the grid there has to be a charger that converts AC to DC, and when you do that you get power losses, so you also need to account for that by adding some extra on top for charger losses.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreiawsaz4uac2y6gytk4pracgbdjxlji7kchq7wmyfs6i6uywcslceu@jpeg)
October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
spoke to @afterclimate.com.au about the sustainable games standard, a means of tracking emissions now publicly available for use by the entire games industry. a lot of thought went into this thing
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You know what they say: the best time to do this is at the peak of a globally-reported government AI procurement scandal
Exclusive | OpenAI's first Australian government contract was handed over with no public tender.
OpenAI signs first ever Australian government contract
www.crikey.com.au
October 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
You know what they say: the best time to do this is at the peak of a globally-reported government AI procurement scandal
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LAST CHANCE DON'T DILLY OR DALLY!
Remember, in addition to sick announcements, we're also looking for games that released this year that want to run a December discount 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Remember, in addition to sick announcements, we're also looking for games that released this year that want to run a December discount 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
🚨 Just one day left to submit for Frosty's Dec event! 🚨
Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️
forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...
Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️
forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...
September 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
LAST CHANCE DON'T DILLY OR DALLY!
Remember, in addition to sick announcements, we're also looking for games that released this year that want to run a December discount 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Remember, in addition to sick announcements, we're also looking for games that released this year that want to run a December discount 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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🚨 Just one day left to submit for Frosty's Dec event! 🚨
Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️
forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...
Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️
forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🚨 Just one day left to submit for Frosty's Dec event! 🚨
Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️
forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...
Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️
forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...
Incredibly proud of this new installation work that @helenkwok.bsky.social & I made together about childhood games from around the world 💖
If you're in Melbourne, do check it out at Footscray Community Arts 🙏 The exhibition is now open!
Lovely photos in the thread below 🧵👇
If you're in Melbourne, do check it out at Footscray Community Arts 🙏 The exhibition is now open!
Lovely photos in the thread below 🧵👇
💛 TRACES OF PLAY 💛 is a participatory installation that celebrates the folk, playground, and street games we used to play. Created with @chadtoprak.bsky.social, come subvert these humble everyday objects into magnificent playthings of joy! 🪨🥜🥄✏️🪢
September 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Incredibly proud of this new installation work that @helenkwok.bsky.social & I made together about childhood games from around the world 💖
If you're in Melbourne, do check it out at Footscray Community Arts 🙏 The exhibition is now open!
Lovely photos in the thread below 🧵👇
If you're in Melbourne, do check it out at Footscray Community Arts 🙏 The exhibition is now open!
Lovely photos in the thread below 🧵👇
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TLDR:
- MS exec Nadella personally oversaw the IDF spy unit deal
- As recently as May, internal MS reviews claimed there was no TOS violation
- MS, only after public Guardian report of what the IDF spy unit was doing with their software: "oh my , this isn't what we had in mind at all !! no likey !"
- MS exec Nadella personally oversaw the IDF spy unit deal
- As recently as May, internal MS reviews claimed there was no TOS violation
- MS, only after public Guardian report of what the IDF spy unit was doing with their software: "oh my , this isn't what we had in mind at all !! no likey !"
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
TLDR:
- MS exec Nadella personally oversaw the IDF spy unit deal
- As recently as May, internal MS reviews claimed there was no TOS violation
- MS, only after public Guardian report of what the IDF spy unit was doing with their software: "oh my , this isn't what we had in mind at all !! no likey !"
- MS exec Nadella personally oversaw the IDF spy unit deal
- As recently as May, internal MS reviews claimed there was no TOS violation
- MS, only after public Guardian report of what the IDF spy unit was doing with their software: "oh my , this isn't what we had in mind at all !! no likey !"
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BDS works! also, they're still letting the IDF use their other cloud services, but they're starting to move on this, keep pushing.
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
BDS works! also, they're still letting the IDF use their other cloud services, but they're starting to move on this, keep pushing.
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New coalition seeks to help Palestinian game developers 'speak loudly' through games
aftermath.site/palestinian-vo...
aftermath.site/palestinian-vo...
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New coalition seeks to help Palestinian game developers 'speak loudly' through games
aftermath.site/palestinian-vo...
aftermath.site/palestinian-vo...
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💛 TRACES OF PLAY 💛 is a participatory installation that celebrates the folk, playground, and street games we used to play. Created with @chadtoprak.bsky.social, come subvert these humble everyday objects into magnificent playthings of joy! 🪨🥜🥄✏️🪢
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
💛 TRACES OF PLAY 💛 is a participatory installation that celebrates the folk, playground, and street games we used to play. Created with @chadtoprak.bsky.social, come subvert these humble everyday objects into magnificent playthings of joy! 🪨🥜🥄✏️🪢
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Justice Rangiah in his own words in Lattouf v ABC penalty decision.
The broadcaster has been ordered to pay $150,000. I was previously awarded $70,000 for hurt and distress.
ABC has spent in excess of $2 million on legal fees.
The real cost to Aunty is immeasurable.
The broadcaster has been ordered to pay $150,000. I was previously awarded $70,000 for hurt and distress.
ABC has spent in excess of $2 million on legal fees.
The real cost to Aunty is immeasurable.
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Justice Rangiah in his own words in Lattouf v ABC penalty decision.
The broadcaster has been ordered to pay $150,000. I was previously awarded $70,000 for hurt and distress.
ABC has spent in excess of $2 million on legal fees.
The real cost to Aunty is immeasurable.
The broadcaster has been ordered to pay $150,000. I was previously awarded $70,000 for hurt and distress.
ABC has spent in excess of $2 million on legal fees.
The real cost to Aunty is immeasurable.