One Nation leader Mark Latham dragged into missing possum skin controversy with Alex Greenwich

One Nation’s NSW leader Mark Latham has become embroiled in yet another controversy with independent MP Alex Greenwich – this time over a possum skin.

Sydney MP Mr Greenwich is currently suing Mr Latham over an anti-gay tweet he posted in March, and the One Nation leader has threatened to countersue for slander.   

But the latest battle line between the warring pair is over a possum pelt that went missing from an exhibition hosted by Mr Greenwich in NSW Parliament House.

One Nation’s NSW leader Mark Latham (pictured) has become embroiled in yet another controversy with independent MP Alex Greenwich

The Museum of Futures exhibition invites viewers ‘to consider our shared past and imagine our shared futures’, though Mr Latham has called it ‘pure garbage’.

Earlier this week, the possum skin part of the display mysteriously disappeared.

Mr Latham denied taking the pelt, but admitted he ‘borrowed’ two other parts of the exhibit, ‘a kids book on enjoying farts’ and ‘a display of solar panel sunglasses’.

He said he brought the items into the NSW upper house chamber to show Nationals MP Sam Farraway how ‘wacky’ the exhibition was.

‘The art display is pure garbage,’ Mr Latham told the Sunday Telegraph.

A parliamentary source claimed the missing pelt was later ‘retrieved’ from Mr Latham’s office by a staffer.

The item has since been returned to the exhibit.

Mr Greenwich said, ‘It’s an exhibition, not a library.’

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Mr Latham for comment.  

Mr Greenwich said on May 1 he was suing Mr Latham for defamation after the One Nation politician refused to apologise for the March tweet in which he described male-on-male sex as disgusting.

The Sydney MP also filed complaints with the NSW Police and Anti-Discrimination NSW on the grounds of vilification.

Mr Latham has refused to apologise for the tweet and continued his latest attack against Mr Greenwich on May 3 accusing him of ‘starting’ the online feud.

His comment came as Pauline Hanson revealed she still supported Mr Latham as NSW leader even though she condemned him for the tweet.

The latest battle between Mr Latham and Mr Greenwich concerns a possum skin (pictured)

The latest battle between Mr Latham and Mr Greenwich concerns a possum skin (pictured)

Mr Greenwich had called Mr Latham a ‘disgusting human being’ after he attended a religious gathering in Sydney in March.

The event spiralled into chaos as members clashed with LGBTQI activists.

Mr Latham took issue with the comment made by Mr Greenwich and responded with the inflammatory tweet that has since been taken down.

‘Disgusting? How does that compare with sticking your d*** up a bloke’s a*** and covering it with s***?’ he wrote.

Mr Latham admitted his words were ‘too crude to stay up there’ as he further opened up on the debacle while speaking to radio station 2HD on May 3.

The One Nation leader in NSW took the tweet down shortly after, but followed up with another tweet saying ‘Never apologise, never explain.’

‘If Alex Greenwich wants to say that the NSW Police have to go police words like this (his homophobic tweet) on Twitter, the police can start with his own words,’ Mr Latham said.

‘If you want to talk about words that are offensive, calling someone ‘a disgusting human being’ for going to a meeting in a church hall with the parish priest sitting on the stage, you can take offence at that and the police can investigate him.’

He accused Mr Greenwich of starting the argument.

‘This guy who started this dispute doesn’t like the way I responded. I’ll tell you what, he’s got a glass jaw,’ he said.

‘I don’t regret saying that as a straight man, the thought of someone holding a gun to my head saying that I’ve got to have anal sex with another man, I do find that disgusting.

‘That’s what makes me straight.’

Mr Greenwich (pictured) is currently suing Mr Latham over a homophobic tweet he posted in March, and the latter has threatened to countersue for slander

Mr Greenwich (pictured) is currently suing Mr Latham over a homophobic tweet he posted in March, and the latter has threatened to countersue for slander

He said he doesn’t think what he said about Mr Greenwich ‘was an unfair thing to say given the nature of his attack on me.

‘It was crudely expressed and the words had to come down and they did,’ he said.

‘He provoked this, he started this. Where’s the apology for describing me as “a disgusting human being”?’ Mr Latham said.

He added that if Mr Greenwich ‘persists’ in suing him ‘I’ll have a counterclaim. If he wants to talk slander, (what he said it) completely slanderous.’

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