Former One Nation Leader Loses Defamation Case Against Independent MP

Mark Latham has been ordered to pay $140,000 in damages over a Twitter post he sent in March 2023.

NSW One Nation MP Mark Latham speaks to media during a press conference outside Canterbury Bankstown Council Chambers in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 20, 2023. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

A social media post about Independent MP Alex Greenwich has cost former New South Wales (NSW) One Nation leader Mark Latham $140,000 (US$93,200) in damages after a court rejected both lines of his defence.

Latham, now an independent MP in the NSW upper house, also repeated the comments in several interviews.