There are many talented Australian women, Indigenous & non-Indigenous, who can speak to same discipline but with specific local expertise.
.@QandA has historically favoured White male panellists http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/qa-producer-reveals-disturbing-women-problem-20160209-gmp49t.html …
Yesterday they had Prof Lawrence Krauss for the FIFTH time.
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@QandA review guests to ensure equity principles. http://skepchick.org/2011/04/lawrence-krauss-defends-a-sex-offender-embarrasses-scientists-everywhere/ … AND https://the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/2013/08/12/sexual-harassment-accusations-in-the-skeptical-and-secular-communities-a-timeline-of-major-events/ … AND http://www.thespectroscope.com/read/if-youve-been-accused-of-sexual-harassment-maybe-dont-sing-by-lenny-teytelman-372 …
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True. Many of them are friends, so they mutually reinforce one another's authority & deflect harassment reports & critique.
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Weird how there are no female cosmologists in Australia whom they could invite
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That is indeed weird. It's almost as if Australia is hiding women cosmologists somewhere clever. In plain sight, I bet!pic.twitter.com/DoydqjyAto
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[ headdesk ] Krauss has a long history of sexually harassing women. He should not be given a platform by anyone.
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Yeah, def can't think of any women, poc, woc who might be qualified to discuss physics. Yeap not one.
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Krauss has a very long history of sexually harassing women and trying to intimidate people who report him into silence.
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Who from the SWF would you have preferred? Is it required that in order to promote your views, that you attack others in science?
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I always hate when the panel has an unequal number of women.
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