<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An application for an apprehended violence order brought against controversial MP Mark Latham by his ex-partner is "very much likely to settle", a court has been told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nathalie May Matthews, 38, applied for a private AVO to protect her from the one-time federal Labor opposition leader after accusing him of years of manipulation and sustained abuse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Latham, who now sits as an independent in the NSW upper house, denied the allegations and has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hurricane-melissa-landfall-jamaica-live-updates-most-powerful-storm-of-2025/39ea098e-c578-4dec-8d68-3a844c6d72e4" target="_blank"><strong><span>Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After three months of negotiations, Ms Matthews' lawyer said the parties were nearing an agreement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(We are) very much likely to settle and resolve the matters in their entirety," Daniel Wakim told Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He withdrew an application for an interim AVO which, if granted, would have protected Ms Matthews until the matter returned to court for a three-day hearing in May 2026.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/mark-latham-nathalie-matthews-court-australia/33b9e4a9-7272-4de8-9cb9-8b0d4de3a348" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A bid for a non-publication order over the court dispute was also withdrawn as the matter continues towards a possible settlement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside court, Mr Wakim said the terms of the proposed agreement would remain confidential as Ms Matthews and Mr Latham continue to negotiate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/inflation-australia-september-quarter-cpi/7e486a55-1073-4e32-877b-bce90690255f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Shock new figures deal hammer blow to rate cut hopes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Discussions are ongoing," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Everything else is proceeding in its usual course."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Latham took to social media on Tuesday to claim the AVO had been withdrawn in its entirety.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was due in the Sydney Local Court tomorrow for the latest instalment in the private AVO application against me," he wrote on X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sussan-ley-joy-division-anthony-albanese/f0d0eebd-8371-4373-997f-1761052c26de" target="_blank"><strong><span>Sussan Ley's attack on PM for his T-shirt smacks of desperation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But it has now been delisted and the application withdrawn ... that's the end of that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Ms Matthews' application for a longer-term AVO is still on foot and will return to court in December.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Latham has served as an independent MP since 2023 after a falling out with One National head Pauline Hanson, leading to his departure as the party's state leader.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He helped the right-wing party return to state politics in 2019, 15 years after his failed attempt to lead Labor to federal election victory.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The MP has been embroiled in several recent scandals, including taking photos of female MPs without their knowledge, for which he has apologised.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Calls to remove his official portrait from Labor's federal party room resulted in the addition of a sign which explains he has been barred from the party for life.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, 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