Latham's 'cruel and dangerous' attack

Former Labor leader Mark Latham's remarks "cruel and dangerous". Picture: Gary Ramage Source: The Daily Telegraph

MARK Latham's cruel jibes over the Liberal frontbencher Andrew Robb's battle with depression were "deeply dangerous" and could stop sufferers from seeking help, the opposition finance spokesman has warned.

After remaining silent in the wake of Mr Latham's suggestion he was not fit to formulate policy because he was a "troubled" individual, Mr Robb said it was deeply sad that the remarks could make people hide their problems.

"It's very dangerous. He's used my mental health history as a way of dismissing anything I am doing," Mr Robb told the Sunday Herald Sun.

"It just perpetuates the stigma. Big time"

Mr Latham attacked Mr Robb again on Sky Television on Saturday, refusing to apologise for the remark and waving around a copy of Mr Robb's memoir Black Dog Haze.

"Does he need to apologise to himself ? He wrote a book. He wrote a book outing himself as having a lifetime of trouble with mental illness," Mr Latham said.

On Thursday, Mr Latham used his column in the Australian Financial Review to attack Mr Robb's policy credentials writing that "the chances of a troubled character like Robb successfully planning the transformation of northern Australia are zero"

A key member of Liberal Leader Tony Abbott's economic team, Mr Robb is expected to play a frontline policy role if the Coalition is elected. In 2009 he took time out from the frontbench to tackle the depression that had dogged him in the mornings for years.

Mr Robb said he had never felt better after seeking help after privately battling feeling depressed in the mornings for nearly 43 years.

"I achieved a few things in those 43 years. But I don't regret going public. I had no choice really but I've got nothing to prove. I had to deal with it and I did and I've got a new life really"

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