Liberals Face Setback In Wentworth, Parramatta Over Morrison’s Support Of Deves & Anti-Trans Rhetoric
starobserver.com.auAttacks on the LGBTQI community could translate into less votes for political parties. A new poll suggests Liberal candidates could face a defeat in NSW seats of Wentworth and Parramatta over Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s refusal to act against anti-LGBTQI statements made by his “captain’s pick” candidate Katherine Deves.
Polling conducted in the seats of Parramatta and Wentworth by Redbridge Group for national LGBTQI advocacy group Equality Australia have revealed that debates critical of the community “costs at least twice as many votes as it secures”.Much of recent federal election discussions have veered to LGBTQI issues, after Morrison’s “captain’s pick” candidate for the seat of Warringah Katherine Deves was found to have made statements against the LGBTQI community in now-deleted posts on .
Morrison refused to sack Deves and has endorsed a private member’s bill by Senator Claire Chandler that seeks to bar trans women from competing in female sports.The anti-LGBTQI discussions have now shown to be not without consequences for the Liberal party.
Liberal MP Dave Sharma of Wentworth faces the prospect of a defeat at the hands of Independent candidate Allegra Spender with a two-party preferred vote of 47 per cent to 53 per cent, News.com.au reported.Spender had called for Deves to be disendorsed for her past statements attacking the LGBTQI community.
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