Equality advocates have blasted the prime minister, Scott Morrison, for backing a “divisive and unnecessary” push by Tasmanian senator Claire Chandler to allow sporting groups to exclude transgender people from single-sex sports.
Campaigning in the Tasmanian marginal seat of Lyons on Tuesday, Morrison said he thought Chandler’s proposed private member’s bill to amend the Sex Discrimination Act was “terrific” and he had encouraged her to pursue it.
