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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent

Mark Latham’s homophobic tweet whipped up ‘frenzy’ of abuse towards Alex Greenwich, defamation trial told

Alex Greenwich (left) leaves the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney, Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
Alex Greenwich (left) is suing former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham in federal court. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Independent MP Alex Greenwich was subjected to a level of abuse he had never experienced before, including vitriolic voicemails telling him to kill himself, following a homophobic tweet posted by Mark Latham, a court has heard.

On the final day of the federal court defamation trial, Greenwich’s barrister, Matthew Collins KC, played several voicemails left on the Sydney MP’s office answering machine last year, including messages telling him to jump off a cliff.

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