A protest calling for the resignation of Katherine Deves has today unfolded at Manly. The Warringah Liberal candidate came under fire earlier this week for disparaging remarks about trans women in sport. READ MORE: 9News
Ms Deves, the prime minister's "captain's pick" for the seat of Warringah on Sydney's north shore, has apologised for disparaging remarks about trans women in sport.NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says Matt Kean's is entitled to his position on Katherine Deves.
"Now in relation to this issue, obviously from my position I've made this very clear, girls should play sport against girls and women should play sport against women." "When you are dealing with issues that are delicate, it's incredibly important that we are sensitive in our language and we are sensitive when we are engaging in these discussions," he said.Prime Minister Scott Morrison also reiterated his support for Ms Deves, saying people don't want to "walk on eggshells" and she shouldn't be "cancelled" for her beliefs.
"But what I won't allow, what I won't allow, is for those who are seeking to cancel Katherine simply because she has a different view to them on the issue of women and girls in sport."I'm not going to indulge that because you know in this country, I think Australians are getting pretty fed-up with having to walk on eggshells everyday because they may or may not say something one day that's going to upset someone.
"Comparing your opponents to Nazis is not acceptable, or comparing your cause to the Holocaust, one of the worst atrocities in human history is not acceptable," he said.dodging a Sydney Morning Herald photographer at a Liberal Party fundraiserNSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark and Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim released a joint statement about her Holocaust comparison.
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