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Controversial ex-Liberal candidate makes political comeback with One Nation after transgender comments sparked national firestorm

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Comino, N. (2026, November 15). Controversial ex-Liberal candidate makes political comeback with One Nation after transgender comments sparked national firestorm. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16293681/katherine-deves-one-nation-nsw-parliament-pauline-hanson.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-11-15 · by Nicholas Comino

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One Nation has announced former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves as part of its Legislative Council ticket for the 2027 NSW election. Deves, who ran for Warringah in 2022 and faced controversy over comments about transgender women in sport, joins other new recruits including Mike Newman, leader of NSW One Nation, who emphasized that the team represents ordinary Australians rather than career politicians. The party plans to contest all 93 Legislative Assembly seats in the upcoming election, scheduled for March 13, 2027.
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Katherine Deves (pictured) will run on the NSW One Nation Upper House ticket in 2027 Deves, a former Warringah candidate, was picked by then-prime minister Scott Morrison to challenge independent MP Zali Steggall at the 2022 federal election '
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Khawaja has challenged Cricket Australia's findings in his autobiography Sabr, alleging the team and coaching staff knew Erskine said he could neither confirm nor deny precisely what he had written.
The exchange came as Albanese unveiled new artificial intelligence safety measures and announced the government had accepted all 18 recommendations from a rapid review into the OpenAI incident. But the PM wouldn't have missed that the criticism of his media strategy came from someone who helped craft it from 2013 until 2022, in roles including head of media and senior press secretary.
One Nation state leader Warren Pickering confirmed on Tuesday that Guardiani had been dumped as a candidate over comments he said would be deeply offensive to Jewish Australians.
Markson wouldn't let her question go and pressed him again, asking whether it was acceptable for a politician campaigning to become premier not to know the cash rate.
At the time, Faruqi posted condolences but said she could not mourn 'the leader of a racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples'.
Back home, Australians are facing growing financial pressure after the Reserve Bank delivered the fifth interest rate increase this year and warned inflation could remain above its target range well into 2027.
Australia's unemployment rate could climb to 5.5 per cent by early 2028, while economic growth slows to just 1 per cent in 2027, according to grim new forecasts from National Australia Bank.
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Australians Legislative Council NSW One Nation Warringah

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NSW GPE · 6× One Nation ORG · 6× Labor ORG · 5× Deves PERSON · 4× Newman PERSON · 3× Australians NORP · 2× Katherine Deves PERSON · 2× Legislative Council ORG · 2× Scott Morrison PERSON · 2× Zali Steggall PERSON · 2×

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One Nation was mentioned in the NSW Parliament 57 times this week despite having no seats Labor is under pressure across a number of safe seats in the Hunter and Central Coast region, with Daily Mail understanding Labor's own polling shows they are in danger. Labor and Minns have repeatedly targeted One Nation in Parliament, despite the party holding no seats in either NSW chamber.
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Katherine Deves (pictured) will run on the NSW One Nation Upper House ticket in 2027 Deves, a former Warringah candidate, was picked by then-prime minister Scott Morrison to challenge independent MP Zali Steggall at the 2022 federal election '

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One Nation has unveiled former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves as part of its Legislative Council ticket for the 2027 NSW election, marking her return to electoral politics four years after her controversial campaign for Warringah. asserted
Nation → unveil → Warringah
NSW One Nation leader Mike Newman announced Deves, construction and mining worker Arnon Wither, Dubbo mother-of-eight Manti Steele and South Coast teacher Daniel Hill as the latest additions to the party’s upper house team. asserted
Newman → announce → team
Unveiling the candidates on Sunday, Newman said they represented 'ordinary Australians' as opposed to political insiders. asserted
they → unveil → insiders
This is a team that reflects our membership. asserted
that → reflect → membership
This is a team that bleeds orange,' he said. asserted
he → bleed → orange
Deves was selected by then-prime minister Scott Morrison to challenge independent MP Zali Steggall in Warringah at the 2022 federal election. asserted
Deves → select → election
Her candidacy sparked a national row over social media posts about transgender women in sport, including a comparison between her advocacy and resistance against the Nazis, for which she later apologised. asserted
she → spark → which
The new recruits join lead Legislative Council candidate Stuart Bonds, Singleton cattle farmer and coalminer, and Tamworth firearms manufacturer Jeff Bacon on One Nation’s upper house ticket. asserted
recruits → join → ticket
Speaking on Sunday, Deves criticised the growth of the state bureaucracy and diversity policies, referring to changes made to NSW Parliament workplace guidance in October concerning breastfeeding and gendered language. asserted
Deves → speak → breastfeeding
Katherine Deves (pictured) will run on the NSW One Nation Upper House ticket in 2027 Deves, a former Warringah candidate, was picked by then-prime minister Scott Morrison to challenge independent MP Zali Steggall at the 2022 federal election ' asserted
Deves → picture → election
Australian households are worrying about how they're going to pay for Christmas, yet overpaid bureaucrats are debating whether men can breastfeed and become pregnant,' she said. asserted
she → worry → Christmas
'There are laws covering anti-discrimination, hate speech, vilification and birth certificates where we can restore clear and accurate language around biological sex and ensure women and girls have safe spaces in services and sport.' asserted
women → be → services
NSW Premier Chris Minns later intervened and reversed the change following backlash, calling it a return to 'commonsense'. asserted
Minns → intervene → commonsense
Newman said One Nation intended to contest all 93 Legislative Assembly seats at the March 2027 election, with lower house candidates to be announced in the coming months. asserted
candidates → say → months
The election will be held on Saturday, March 13. asserted
election → hold → Saturday
'We've had 900 candidates to process. asserted
We → process → candidates
There are a lot of people to get through,' he said. asserted
he → be → people
The party's upper house team is headed by Bonds, who sparked controversy earlier this month after telling an anti-migration rally that Australians were 'being demographically replaced inside our own nation'. asserted
Australians → head → nation
Premier Chris Minns condemned the remarks as 'frankly outrageous and racist', saying they relied on a conspiracy theory. asserted
they → condemn → theory
One Nation was mentioned in the NSW Parliament 57 times this week despite having no seats Labor is under pressure across a number of safe seats in the Hunter and Central Coast region, with Daily Mail understanding Labor's own polling shows they are in danger. Labor and Minns have repeatedly targeted One Nation in Parliament, despite the party holding no seats in either NSW chamber. asserted
party → mention → chamber
One Nation was mentioned about 57 times in the NSW Legislative Assembly in just three sitting days, while leader Newman was referenced about 10 times and candidate Bonds about 16 times, as Labor intensified its attacks ahead of the election. asserted
Labor → mention → election
A Resolve poll published this week put One Nation's primary vote at 25 per cent of NSW voters, behind Labor on 30 per cent. asserted
poll → publish → cent
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