The controversial Liberal candidate for Warringah accused her party colleagues of “not reading the room” on the issue of women’s-only sport.
“Polling has shown that the overwhelming majority of Australians agree with my position on women’s sport. I would say to those other candidates they’re not reading the room.”
Describing herself as neither conservative nor moderate, Deves said she voted for same-sex marriage. She said she was distressed Roe v Wade was under threat in the US because marginalised women would be most affected by the loss of their reproductive rights.
Deves said a lot of her comments had been “decontexualised” and “misinterpreted”. She apologised for the language but did not resile from her position that women and girls had the right to a female-only sports category.
Source: Election 2022: Katherine Deves says not her fault if moderate Liberals lose seats