A maverick MP will have to hand more than half a million dollars to a political rival over a social media post judges have labelled as intimidating and shocking.
Right-wing independent MP Mark Latham was found in September 2024 to have defamed Sydney MP Alex Greenwich in an explicit tweet during the 2023 state election.
The tweet - which described a sex act - responded to a news article in which Mr Greenwich described Latham as a "disgusting human being".
