Category: Katherine Deves

‘Not Safe For Women’: Speakers Pull Out of Women Rights Rally in Canberra Over Fears For Safety

March 22, 2023
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Australian campaigners for women’s rights have cited safety fears as the reasoning behind their decision to pull out of the Let Women Speak rally in Australia’s capital city Canberra on March 23. The Australian Let Women Speak rallies, organised by women rights advocate Kelli-Jay Keen (also known as Posie Parker), have been plagued by controversy…

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Women’s Rights Sidelined After Neo-Nazis Hijack Event and Win National Media Attention

March 20, 2023
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The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) has thrown its support behind a women’s rights rally against transgenders in sports after it was hijacked by neo-Nazi protests. The protests, which included less than 15 individuals, became the focus of national media coverage on the weekend, effectively shadowing ongoing concerns around biological men entering women’s spaces and sports….

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Has Managing Free Speech Become a Bipartisan Value in Australia?

May 4, 2022
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Commentary Prime Minister Scott Morrison is right to say that Australians are “sick of walking on eggshells” over what the media has pre-emptively declared controversial topics. Morrison’s comments followed a malicious campaign to scour the social media history of Katherine Deves for evidence of what the overly sensitive regard as offensive comments. Deves was the…

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Can Sanity Prevail in High-Profile Transgender Debate?

April 27, 2022
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Commentary The story of Katherine Deves is a story of survival in a world that has become intolerant of free speech and has lost its connection with common sense. She is the candidate for Warringah in Sydney for the Liberal Party, where she opposes Zali Steggall, who won the seat from former Prime Minister Tony…

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‘Respect My Sex’ Campaign Launches Amid Trans Debate in Australia

April 23, 2022
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Australians will be encouraged to quiz their local members about their stance on transgender issues under a nonpartisan campaign seeking to move biological rights to the forefront of the upcoming federal election. Launched on April 22, the Respect My Sex If You Want My Vote campaign will tell community members to lobby their local electoral…

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Trans Athletes Could ‘Compete Against Each Other’: Aussie Swimming Icon Dawn Fraser

April 21, 2022
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Swimming legend Dawn Fraser has dived into the transgender sporting debate, becoming Australia’s third high-profile female swimmer to speak up on what has turned into a controversial issue amid the 2022 federal election campaign. Her comment comes after Australia’s most decorated Olympian Emma McKeon and Olympic gold medallist Emily Seebohm this week aired their concerns about…

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Australia’s Most Successful Olympian ‘Wouldn’t Want To’ Race Against Trans Athletes

April 20, 2022
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Australia’s greatest Olympian Emma McKeon has revealed she did not want to race against biologically male athletes as the transgender debate continues to dominate headlines ahead of the federal election on May 21. Speaking at a Griffith University forum in Queensland on Tuesday night, the 27-year-old said trans athletes’ participation in female categories is a…

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Labor and Coalition Won’t Form Government With Independents

April 20, 2022
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese have said they will not do a deal with independent candidates in the event that their parties fail to win majority government at the May election. According to the latest Newspoll, nearly one third of voters are likely to vote for independent candidates or minor…

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‘Silenced in the Name of Wokeness’: Growing Support for Embattled Liberal Candidate Katherine Deves

April 19, 2022
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Liberal candidate Katherine Deves, who has faced backlash in the past two weeks for her vocal advocacy against the transgender ideology, has garnered endorsements from some Liberal parliamentarians. It comes after NSW Treasurer MP Matt Kean and Independent MP Zali Steggall, the latter being Deves’ rival for the seat of Warringah, called for Prime Minister…

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‘I Share Her Views’: Australian PM Endorses Biological Sex Campaigner

April 12, 2022
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The controversy surrounding women’s rights and transgenderism in sports has entered Australia’s 2022 election after Prime Minister Scott Morrison endorsed a Liberals candidate who is a vocal advocate for biological sex. On April 11, Morrison praised Katherine Deves, the contestant for the seat of Sydney’s Warringah, as an “outstanding individual” with “great legal background,” who…

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