Alex Greenwich fails in his bid to have Mark Latham charged with contempt after a tribunal decision concerning Latham’s social media posts. The tribunal rules that the posts, described as “offensive,” would likely not be taken seriously by “reasonable people,” and therefore do not meet the threshold for contempt.
The reports frame the outcome as following Latham’s tribunal loss of about $100,000. Both outlets describe the posts at the centre of the contempt application and agree on the tribunal’s reasoning about how the material would be perceived.
While the two sources largely mirror each other, they emphasize different descriptive phrasing rather than differing facts. Neither outlet presents an alternative tribunal finding or additional, conflicting evidence. The common takeaway is that the contempt application is unsuccessful, leaving the tribunal’s assessment of the “offensive” posts as the key result.
