Daniel Andrews has gone into bat for trans children competing in school sports competitions, attacking the federal coalition for standing by Warringah candidate Katherine Deves after her long history of transphobic comments came to light.
Independent MP threatens to cut supply to NSW government over premier's transgender comments
"And I think only desperate people, who are into wedge politics, who are trying to deflect from the fact that they have been in power for almost a decade and they've done precisely nothing with it, would push this." "Trans kids are 15 times more likely to self harm. I don't think this debate is doing any of those young Victorians any good, or their parents," Mr Andrews said.
Greens MP Amy McMahon said transgender people are already subjected to widespread discrimination, hate and even violence on a daily basis.
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