US EditionLatham fined $100k after tweets
The tribunal also ordered Latham to pay Greenwich’s legal costs after finding his tweet and quotes amounted to unlawful vilification and sexual harassment.
- On Thursday, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ordered former One Nation MP Mark Latham to pay $100,000 in compensation to Sydney MP Alex Greenwich for unlawful homosexual vilification and sexual harassment.
- Latham's offensive social media posts insinuated Greenwich was "perhaps grooming children in schools" and described his presumed sexual practices as "pukeworthy," forming the basis of the tribunal's ruling.
- Senior NCAT Member Amanda Tibbey and General Member Maryanne Maher found the tweet used "crude and explicit language" and rejected Latham's argument that he was not responsible for the subsequent "avalanche" of abuse against Greenwich.
- Within 24 hours, Latham must delete the offending social media posts, while Greenwich welcomed the ruling, stating "public figures are not above the law."
- Both parties are pursuing further appeals: Latham is contesting the judgment while Greenwich cross-appeals for increased damages, extending a feud that previously resulted in a $140,000 defamation award against Latham in 2024.
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A politician made graphic comments about his gay colleague’s sex life. Now he’s paying the price.
An Australian legal tribunal ordered former parliament member Mark Latham to pay $100,000 to current parliament member Alex Greenwich for unlawfully vilifying and sexually harassing him over his homosexuality, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. The case involved public statements Latham made on social media, in the Saturday Telegraph newspaper, and on the online radio station TNT Radio. While the tribunal told Latham to delete his…
Australian MP ordered to pay $100k to rival over homophobic post
Mark Latham, former federal Labor leader and One Nation MP, has been ordered to pay the maximum $100,000 penalty to Sydney MP Alex Greenwich after a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found a social media post Latham made amounted to unlawful vilification based on sexuality. The ruling adds to an earlier Federal Court decision that deemed the same post defamatory, with Latham already ordered to cover Greenwich’s $140,000 legal costs. The trib…
Latham Ordered to Pay $100,000 Over Online Tweet About Alex Greenwich
Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has been ordered to pay a fellow state MP the maximum available penalty for vilifying him for his sexuality. The 65-year-old will be forced to pay Alex Greenwich $100,000 after a tweet directed at him was found to be unlawful sexual harassment. The sexually explicit tweet from the NSW upper house independent in 2023 has previously been ruled to be defamatory by the Federal Court. Latham’s tweet came in res…
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The AgeLatham ordered to pay $100,000 for vilifying Sydney MP based on sexuality
A tribunal has ordered the rogue MP to pay Alex Greenwich $100,000 in damages after finding Latham had vilified him based on his sexuality in a graphic tweet.
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