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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy, Josh Butler and Sarah Martin

Scott Morrison renews support for trans women sport ban amid senator’s fundraising drive

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Scott Morrison has said he shares the views of Warringah candidate Katherine Deves, who campaigns to ban trans women from female sporting contests. Photograph: Mint Photography/Alamy

Scott Morrison has signalled he will have more to say during the election campaign about banning transgender women from playing women’s sport, as one of his senators seeks donations for an “action fund” to get that message out.

Campaigning in the marginal seat of Gilmore on Monday, the prime minister said he shared the views of the Tasmanian Liberal senator Claire Chandler, who has advanced private member’s legislation allowing sporting groups to exclude transgender people from single-sex sports.

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