Independent NSW MP Mark Latham has again denied breaking any laws or breaching legislative standing orders in a lengthy public statement addressing allegations of inappropriate behaviour in state parliament.<\/p>\n
The former federal Labor leader has faced mounting political pressure over media reports alleging emotional and physical abuse of his ex-partner Nathalie Matthews, and that he allegedly participated in a consensual sex video in his office.<\/p>\n
Ms Matthews is pursuing a civil court apprehended violence order against Mr Latham, with media reports she is accusing him of a “sustained pattern” of abuse and pressuring her into “degrading” sex acts.<\/p>\n
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Nathalie Matthews is pursuing a civil court apprehended violence order against Mr Latham. (Instagram: Mark Latham)<\/p>\n
Mr Latham has emphatically rejected those claims as “nonsense”.<\/p>\n
In a lengthy address to the media in south-west Sydney on Saturday, Mr Latham refused to confirm or deny whether he had sex in his office.<\/p>\n
But Mr Latham insisted he had no knowledge of any video, following reports by the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n
“I have checked my devices and I can’t find any material [Ms Matthews] has filmed involving me, and that includes New South Wales Parliament House,” Mr Latham said.<\/p>\n
“If she has recorded these videos, it is without my knowledge and consent and there’s a question about the legality of such a practice.”Family and domestic violence support services:NSW Domestic Violence Line<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a01800 656 4631800 Respect National Helpline<\/a>\u00a0on 1800 737 732Lifeline<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0131 114Men’s Referral Service<\/a>\u00a0on 1300 766 491Mensline<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a01300 789 978Full Stop Australia<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a01800 385 578Emergency services on triple-0 if you need immediate care<\/p>\n But Mr Latham admitted he had made a “mistake” following media reports he allegedly took photos of female colleagues speaking in parliament and made disparaging comments about them in private messages.<\/p>\n “I have apologised to both Susan Carter and Abigail Boyd and they’ve accepted my apology for which I thank them both sincerely,” he said.<\/p>\n NSW Premier Chris Minns has this week suggested Mr Latham be investigated by the privileges committee following the allegations about his behaviour in parliament.<\/p>\n But Mr Latham has again insisted he broke no standing orders in parliament and he has not been notified of any complaint about his conduct.<\/p>\n Mr Latham accused the media of “reckless and irresponsible journalism”. (ABC News: Gavin Coote)<\/p>\n He also directed his attacks at the media, accusing it of “reckless and irresponsible journalism”.<\/p>\n In a statement on Saturday, Ms Matthews said she was “aware” of the comments made by Mr Latham and would not make any further remarks.<\/p>\n “I request the privacy that I deserve whilst I go through this stressful period,” she said.<\/p>\n “The full story will come out in due course in the proper manner.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Independent NSW MP Mark Latham has again denied breaking any laws or breaching legislative standing orders in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5731,64,63,5725,7424,44,7425,5727,5730],"class_list":["post-5500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-alp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mark-latham","tag-nathalie-matthews","tag-news","tag-nsw-labor","tag-nsw-parliament","tag-sex-tape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n