Dave Sharma: Last News

The Federal government is set to bring in a new – its third – draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill later this year, but a growing number of Liberal MPs are voicing their concerns about its impact on marriage equality and LGBTQI+ rights in Australia.The latest to add his voice to the growing chorus in the Coalition against the current draft of the Bill is Wentworth MP Dave Sharma.

Attacks 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 .