51 Tweets posted by various Twitter users in reply to this tweet were annexed to Mr Greenwich's first affidavit and marked Annexure AG-45. They included:
- (a) "Good on ya mark, stick it right up 'em. Well, not literally! [turd emoji and laughing, crying emoji]";
- (b) "Think the poo pirates have a health and safety issues. Thanks Mark for trying to clean that up.";
- (c) "Look mate. The poofs say worse things in public. I have no issues with your comments. But don't give this lot room to cry wolf. That poo jabber was just trying bait you. Stay strong mate."; and
- (d) "Why should you apologise mate, Alex won't and he's the one that said bullshit....you care about our kids futures he dont!!!!".
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52 The next morning, on 1 April 2023, Mr Latham posted a further tweet:
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Mark Lathem tweet: "I'm only saying what normal people know to be the truth. The elites deny this because they are caught up in a weird Identity Politics Cult. In which Alphabet people are accorded automatic sainthood, Just look at the trans shooter in the US!! 🤪"
Mark Lathem tweet: "I'm only saying what normal people know to be the truth. The elites deny this because they are caught up in a weird Identity Politics Cult. In which Alphabet people are accorded automatic sainthood, Just look at the trans shooter in the US!! 🤪"
53 That same day, Mr Latham provided a statement via text message to Linda Silmalis, a journalist at The Daily Telegraph.
54 It was common ground between the parties that Mr Latham no longer had a copy of Ms Silmalis' request to Mr Latham for a quote, and this was not in evidence. Mr Latham's text
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