Liberal senator raising funds on issue of trans women in female sports after bill shelved

Claire Chandler asks supporters to donate to $45,000 action fund' to raise awareness around the issue

Liberal senator Claire Chandler is continuing to raise funds on the issue of the participation of trans women in female sport, after putting legislation on the issue on the backburner, admitting it does not have enough support to pass in the new parliament.

The sports minister, Anika Wells, has said the federal government has no plans to introduce legislative change on the issue, adding that Chandler's alienating bill can go right to the back of the shelf to gather dust".