Reporter to sue SBS over Anzac sacking

Sacked SBS journalist Scott McIntyre is suing the public broadcaster after he was fired over a series of offensive Anzac Day tweets.

Maurice Blackburn lawyers on Monday filed a discrimination claim on behalf of the sports reporter, who took to Twitter on April 25 to criticise what he described as the "cultification [sic] of an imperialist invasion".

It will be alleged SBS took action without a proper investigation and Mr McIntyre, who the firm claims has an "unblemished" work record, would still have his job if proper process had been followed.

"The case is not about whether Mr McIntyre's opinions are correct or not," Maurice Blackburn said in a statement.

"It will focus on whether the views expressed by Mr McIntyre constituted political opinion and whether SBS terminated his employment for expressing these views."

The reporter was sacked after SBS deemed he had breached the broadcaster's code of conduct, by making the "disrespectful" comments on social media.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull denied he interfered in the matter, but did admit to drawing the tweets to the attention of SBS managing director Michael Ebeid.

Mr McIntyre's only public comment since his termination was to thank prominent Australian journalist John Pilger for his support.