Some Liberal senators publicly declare support for controversial candidate Katherine Deves, claiming she has been ‘bullied and harassed’
Morrison called the proposal “terrific” and encouraged Chandler to pursue it, but parliament was prorogued for the election before the bill could be brought on for debate.
The South Australian Liberal senator Alex Antic sent an email to supporters last week criticising “ideologically driven activists – many bureaucrats” on trans issues. He referenced an exchange in Senate estimates where he asked health department officials “what is a woman?”, which the department secretary, Brendan Murphy, asked to take on notice because it was “a very contested space at the moment”.
“Albo and the Greens have made their views clear. The party platforms of Labor and the Greens make clear they think men can be women,” he claimed in the email. But by that Wednesday, Morrison was stressing Chandler’s proposal was only a private member’s bill, and that “the government doesn’t have any plans for that to be a government bill,” he said.
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