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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!!!!".

The Daily Telegraph quotes

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!! 🤪"

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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