Trent Zimmerman joins Liberals calling for Scott Morrison to dump Katherine Deves over trans comments

The prime minister has stood by Katherine Deves, the Liberal candidate for Warringah, even as Liberal MPs have called for her to be disendorsed. Photograph: Liberal Party of NSW

The Liberal MP for the seat of North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman, asked the prime minister’s office to dump controversial candidate Katherine Deves because of her comments on transgender issues.

According to multiple sources, Zimmerman appealed last week to senior members of the prime minister’s office and to party officials for Morrison to dump Deves because of inflammatory comments she has made on various social media platforms about the transgender community.