'I believe that is how she will approach the task if she is elected as the member for Warringah, and I don't think she should be silenced.' 'She has learned in her advocacy in her private life there are better ways to do things to take things forward as a Member of Parliament. 'She is standing up for women and girls and their access to fair sport in this country,' the PM said.
Mr Morrison subsequently defended her as the party's candidate as she received a torrent of online abuse over the comments.
In another tweet, Ms Deves said 'transablism' - where trans people pretend to be disabled - is 'a thing' and likened people in that category to a well-known serial killer. presidential candidate, and his husband, who are joint fathers of twin girls. Ms Deves was referring to Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay U.S. 'Women's bodies are not vehicles for a vanity project.' 'Surrogacy is a human rights violation,' she tweeted. Last September Ms Deves described the prospect of two gay men having a baby as a 'vanity project.' Ms Deves has become a divisive figure following a number of provocative comments on her Twitter account - which she has since deleted - with some Liberal MPs calling for her to be disendorsed as the party's candidate in Warringah 'So how are we women supposed to tell the difference between the ones who are a threat and the ones who aren't? Easier for women to exclude all males from spaces where we are vulnerable.' 'Transvestism is very common among sexual predators, even serial killers,' she said in a historical tweet. The Warringah candidate also bizarrely linked cross-dressing males and and trans women to 'sexual predators, even serial killers'. She once declared trans teenagers are 'surgically mutilated' and felt personally 'triggered' by the rainbow Pride flag. Ms Deves has become a divisive figure following a number of provocative comments on her Twitter account - which she has since deleted. Ms Steggall was $1.04 favourite to win the seat while Ms Deves is at $9, according to the most recent Sportsbet odds. Ms Deves faces an uphill battle to reclaim Warringah for the Liberals, with the former blue-ribbon seat currently held by independent MP Zali Steggall by more than seven per cent. Ms Deves faces an uphill battle to reclaim Warringah for the Liberals, with the former blue-ribbon seat currently held by independent MP Zali Steggall (pictured) by more than seven per cent