Mark Latham defends homophobic jibes, saying Pauline Hanson can’t understand ‘how straight men feel’

NSW One Nation leader says he has had no contact with the federal party leader since his comments about Alex Greenwich

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Mark Latham has reiterated offensive comments about homosexuality and fellow New South Wales politician Alex Greenwich, suggesting the federal One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, could not understand “how straight men feel about this”.

Latham, the party’s state leader, recently returned to the NSW upper house for an eight-year term. He claimed during an online radio interview that Hanson had not made contact since his original homophobic comment about Greenwich caused an uproar a month ago, despite a public declaration that she had done so.

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