Women Scientists Erased; Expanding the Royal Commission into Housing for the Aged; Australian Energy Agility; Agaressive Nationalism; and the Growing Christian Right Wing

Wednesday, 19 September 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am

On the show with Eiddwen, Judith and Will || 3CR studios stand on land falling under the sovereignty of the Kulin Nations, to whose Elders we pay our respect. First Nations sovereignty has never been ceded || 4:34 Archdeacon for Justice Father Rod Bower is in Melbourne promoting his book Outspoken and he talks to us about the creeping Christian Right Wing that has taken hold of conservative parliamentary politics || 18:07 In the course of reducing unnecessary historical material from the HSC, NSW year 11 and 12 students have been left with a curriculum that features 25 male scientists and no women. Researcher at the Sydney University Physics Education Research Group, Kathryn Ross comes in to tell us why this might stand in the way of getting girls into STEM || 28:56 The Australian government's approach to energy security is outdated. Professor Sam Hepburn is Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law at Deakin Uni, and joins us to talk about what changes need to be made to ensure that our energy infrastructure is agile and reactive || 54:47 Housing for the Aged Action Group thinks that the recently announced Royal Commission into aged care doesn't go far enough. HAAG Executive Officer Fiona York thinks that we need to talk about retirement villages and other housing for our elders || 1:10:20 LaTrobe Uni Associate Proffessor Gwenda Tavan comes on 3CR to talk about the recent backlash against a 9 year old who refused to stand for the Australian National Anthem. Where have we seen this "agressive nationalism" before?