Pauline Hanson calls on Mark Latham to apologise for ‘disgusting’ homophobic tweet

Independent Alex Greenwich does not intend to engage' with One Nation MP's comment aimed at him, but others spring to his defence

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The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has called on Mark Latham to apologise for comments about the sexuality of fellow state MP Alex Greenwich that left the New South Wales environment minister, Penny Sharpe, physically sickened".

Latham, the NSW One Nation leader, made the comments on Twitter on Thursday morning in response to an article in which Greenwich called Latham a disgusting human being". The article was about LGBTQ+ protesters being targeted outside an event Latham spoke at earlier this month.

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