What do trans athletes have to do with the election? - a podcast by triple j

Last week, some pretty transphobic comments surfaced from NSW Liberal candidate Katherine Deves.

Before being selected to run in the Sydney seat of Warringah, she'd been campaigning to ban transgender women from sport. And while she's now apologised for those comments, it's causing a big split in the Liberal party - between those who want her dropped, and those sticking by her selection (the PM Scott Morrison).

But how's this affecting people in the trans community?

Plus, what if it was the government's responsibility to find young people a job or traineeship? It's a scheme that actually exists in other parts of the world, and now there's calls to introduce it in Australia.

And a whole lot's been happening in the war in Ukraine over the weekend - we get an update on it all.

Guests:
Jeremy Wiggins, Transcend Australia
Matt Kean, NSW Treasurer
Eliza Littleton, The Australia Institute


A/Prof. Matthew Sussex, ANU

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