David Littleproud calls on One Nation to take action against Mark Latham over tweet

Federal Nationals leader’s comments come as Latham announces he is on leave until NSW upper house results are finalised

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Mark Latham has thanked his supporters and announced he will take leave until the upper house results from the New South Wales election are finalised amid widespread condemnation of a homophobic tweet he posted last week.

Labor has vowed it will not work with the state’s One Nation leader and asked the opposition to do the same in a show of support for independent MP Alex Greenwich, at whom the tweet was directed.

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