Zionist Federation of Australia discontinues lawsuit against Mary Kostakidis over Hezbollah social media posts

In short:

A racial discrimination case against former SBS journalist Mary Kostakidis has been discontinued.

The lawsuit was launched in 2025 by chief executive of the Zionist Federation of Australia Alon Cassuto over comments shared on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Ms Kostakidis described the outcome as a win for "freedom of political expression".