‘Vile’ Mark Latham tweet could be grounds for vilification complaint under NSW law, experts say

NSW One Nation MP Mark Latham’s tweet has been criticised as ‘vile and shameful’ by the state’s new Labor premier, Chris Minns. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Gay men in New South Wales could have grounds to bring a complaint of homosexual vilification against Mark Latham over a tweet that saw him labeled a bigot by the premier and brought independent MP Alex Greenwich to tears, legal experts say.

But University of NSW constitutional law expert George Williams said the One Nation state leader was unlikely to be sacked from his job.