Leaked texts part of campaign 'to damage me': Latham
Mark Latham has rejected allegations reportedly contained in a private application for an apprehended domestic violence order, which is yet to be heard in court.
A report by The Australian outlined claims made by former partner Nathalie Matthews alleging a "sustained pattern" of abuse and manipulation, which Mr Latham has described as "comically false and ridiculous".
Now The Australian is 'reporting' that I proposed to Nathalie Matthews in May last year.They missed the joke: she was still married to Ross Matthews, and maybe still is to this day.And the fake news journo involved was aware of the recent Matthews Family Court caseUnbelievable
— Real Mark Latham (@RealMarkLatham) July 15, 2025
The one-time prime ministerial hopeful turned NSW independent MP told Sydney radio 2SM on Wednesday that "basically none of it" is true.
Messages between the pair reported in the Daily Telegraph lacked their full context and only revealed Mr Latham "had a private life", he said.
"There's certainly a steady leak of material.
"Some of the stuff we've got now ... it's got nothing to do with the AVO application, nothing to do with the court case."
"This now goes to some personal or political campaign to try and damage me," Mr Latham said.
The local court has refused to release the documents as they contain untested allegations.
Ms Matthews referred AAP to her lawyer when contacted.
Her private application for an apprehended violence order is scheduled to be heard on July 30.
Premier Chris Minns said it was inappropriate for members of parliament to be "sexting" in the chamber, as the Daily Telegraph reported.
"Your average voter would expect people to be focusing on whatever's being debated or voted on at the time and that's a pretty basic expectation," he told reporters.
The government plans to call for an inquiry into Mr Latham over unrelated alleged abuses of parliamentary privilege.
"This kind of behaviour that he's been up to for a long period of time is completely unacceptable," Mr Minns said.
As then-Labor leader, Mr Latham ran against incumbent prime minister John Howard in 2004, who went on to win one final term.
Mr Latham resigned from federal parliament in early 2005 and subsequently left Labor before being elected to the NSW upper house in 2019 as a One Nation member.
He quit that party in 2023, becoming an independent.
In a separate court dispute, Mr Latham was ordered to pay $140,000 to independent MP Alex Greenwich in September 2024.
Mr Greenwich sued over a sexually explicit and homophobic social media post ahead of the 2023 state election.
The Federal Court found Mr Latham's tweet exposed Mr Greenwich, who is gay and a prominent LGBTQI community advocate, to a torrent of hateful abuse including death threats.
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