[4] On 18 March 2009, during an ABC 774 radio interview between Jon Faine and the editor of The Age Paul Ramadge, angry supporters ambushed the show calling for Deveny's return as a regular columnist;[2] In June 2012, after Ramadge resigned following the announcement of a company restructure, Deveny wrote the following comment on Twitter: "I wish him arse cancer.

Deveny then appeared with Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer, Phillip Adams and PZ Myers at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, Australia.

[9][10] Also in 2010, Deveny appeared in a one-woman show, entitled God Is Bullshit, That's The Good News, as part of the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival.

Deveny's comments caused controversy as they were in relation to public figures, such as the then 11-year-old Bindi Irwin ("I do so hope Bindi Irwin gets laid"); Rove McManus and wife Tasma Walton ("Rove and Tasma look so cute ... hope she doesn't die, too"—Rove's first wife Belinda Emmett died after being diagnosed with breast cancer).

[14] Deveny referred to veterans as "ignorant and uneducated", and argued that the Australian Defence Forces should not use the term "to serve", and that it was no more dangerous than many other professions, including emergency services officers, farmers, arborists and mental health workers.

[6][16] Catherine Deveny's literature was featured in the 2014 NSW HSC English (Standard and Advanced) paper 1 on the area of study "Belonging" in which students had to answer comprehension questions.