One Nation's NSW leader Mark Latham files his defence to a defamation action brought by independent MP Alex Greenwich.
NSW upper house MP Mark Latham has filed his defence to a defamation suit brought against him in the Federal Court, claiming he was publicly attacked before sending an allegedly homophobic tweet.
His lawyers have denied Mr Greenwich was entitled to damages or an injunction preventing Mr Latham from making similar comments in the future. They were used in articles covering a violent clash between protesters at a church in Sydney's south-west where Mr Latham had been invited to speak at an event.
The later quotes he provided to the Telegraph reporter Linda Silmalis was the result of "significant media coverage directed toward the fitness of Latham" after the allegedly defamatory tweet. He knew she was an experienced journalist who would publish the quotes responsibly, and believed there was a public interest in his comments being released, the documents state.
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