NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has defended his seething verbal attack on NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham.

A parliamentary hearing has turned heated, as Mr Latham sought to ask questions about a close contact issue during the Covid pandemic.

Brad Hazzard’s responded by attacking Mr Latham for using Parliamentary privilege to make claims about Labor MP Anna Watson.

“He has a history of bullying, mate my lord, go back to 2003 he broke a taxi driver’s arm!” Minister Hazzard said.

Minister Hazzard told Jim Wilson there is a “long long history” of Mark that he needed to express.

Jim Wilson: “Has this been simmering away for a while minister because it came across as someone who finally reached the end of their tether?”

Brad Hazzard: “I think that’s a fair comment.”

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Health Minister @BradHazzard accuses @RealMarkLatham of bullying & objects to questioning about whether he received preferential treatment & avoided isolation after exposure to a covid positive colleague at a dinner at NSW Parliament#nswpol @10NewsFirstSyd pic.twitter.com/oq8MqoylbB

— Lachlan Kennedy (@lachlan_kennedy) September 7, 2022