Under-fire Liberal candidate whisked away at campaign rally, housing affordability battleground emerges

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Under-fire Liberal candidate whisked away at campaign rally, housing affordability battleground emerges
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Embattled Liberal candidate Katherine Deves was promptly escorted out of a Liberal Party rally after refusing to answer questions about comments she made targeting transgender people:

Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves, was taken away from a Liberal Party rally by security after she refused to answer questions from the media.Controversial Liberal candidate Katherine Deves has refused to answer any journalist's questions on her views on transgender Australians at an appearance on the campaign trail.

"Fairness in sport, women and girls in sport is an important issue, where I think there are common-sense solutions. That's what we are focused on with that," he said. The Coalition announced on Sunday it would invest another $5.5 million in funding for youth mental health organisation, batyr, should it win the election.

Ahead of the most recent federal budget, the government announced up to 50,000 places would be available each year under its scheme allowing first home buyers to enter the market with a much smaller deposit. Under Labor's plan, Australians will be able to buy back an additional stake in the home, owned by the federal government, in five per cent increments or pay the government back when they sell.

"What we want to do is work with the next government, which will hopefully not be a Liberal government ... but they're going to need to be pushed," Mr Bandt told the ABC's Insiders program on Sunday. Technology companies would need to create the safeguards for smartphones and tablets as part of a new eSafety package.

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