Katherine Deves returns to electoral politics with One Nation in NSW

Katherine Deves, the former Liberal candidate whose comments about transgender women in sport prompted national controversy during the 2022 election, is returning to electoral politics with One Nation. She has been named on the party’s Legislative Council ticket for the 2027 NSW election, as One Nation seeks to expand its presence amid growing political attention.

NSW leader Mike Newman also announced construction and mining worker Arnon Wither, mother-of-eight Manti Steele and teacher Daniel Hill. Deves criticised state bureaucracy and diversity policies; the article notes that Premier Chris Minns reversed changes to Parliament’s workplace guidance after backlash. One Nation plans to contest all 93 lower-house seats, and a Resolve poll put its primary vote at 25 per cent, behind Labor on 30 per cent and ahead of the Coalition on 23 per cent.