Katherine Deves to contest NSW upper house for One Nation

Former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves will stand for One Nation in next year’s New South Wales election, joining three other candidates for the state’s Legislative Council. Her candidacy matters because she became a controversial figure in 2022 after campaigning to exclude transgender women from women’s sport.

The other candidates announced by NSW leader Mike Newman are construction worker and electorate officer Arnon Wither, farmer and teacher Manti Steele, and surf lifesaver Daniel Hill. The election is on 13 March; One Nation has so far named Newman as its only lower house candidate, though he says the party plans to contest all 93 seats. Deves says she wants to change state laws on discrimination, hate speech, vilification and birth certificates.