ABC political talk show Q&A is hosting a special show tonight to mark International Women's Day, with five women on the panel and journalist Annabel Crabb as host.
However, since the IWD show was announced last week, several people have taken to Twitter to express their disappointment about no Indigenous women being on the panel. Here's a list of Indigenous Australian women we would love to hear from.
1. Nova Peris, current ALP Senator for the Northern Territory, former Australian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. Peris was the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's federal parliament.
2. Professor Larissa Behrendt, academic, writer, and Indigenous advocate. Behrendt is a Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney.
@NITVNews @LarissaBehrendt says #NSW #Parliamentary #Inquiry for #Bowraville families is vital. @NITVNews
3. Kelly Briggs, writer. Briggs tweets at @TheKooriWoman about Aboriginal life, activism and feminism.
4. Jenny Munro, activist, one of the founders of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy, and former chairperson of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care.
Unhappy: Jenny Munro at The Block. Photo: Edwina Pickles #news #Redfern #Theblock
5. Cathy Freeman, former Australian sprinter, Olympic gold medallist and the first Aboriginal Commonwealth Games gold medallist. In 2007, she founded the Cathy Freeman Foundation to help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children.
6. Amy McQuire, journalist at New Matilda. McQuire is a former editor of Tracker Magazine and has worked for the National Indigenous Times and SBS's NITV.
All Feminists Are Created Equal But Some Are More Equal Than Others: @amymcquire #auspol http://t.co/CexHZIswFk
7. Leanne Enoch, Queensland State MP. Enoch, a former teacher and Red Cross director, is the first Indigenous woman elected to Queensland's parliament.
Leanne Enoch, first Murri woman elected to QLD parliament speaks @EMILYsListAus. May there be many more to follow her
8. Natalie Ahmat, presenter of SBS's National Indigenous Television (NITV) News.
9. Pat O'Shane, barrister, magistrate and activist. In 1976, O'Shane became the first Aboriginal barrister, and five years later, the first Indigenous person and woman to be the permanent head of an Australian ministry.
Pat O'Shane was the first Aboriginal person and the first woman to become a permanent head of ministry in Australia.
10. Roslie Kunoth-Monks, activist and actress. Kunoth-Monks was the 2014 Northern Territory Australian of the Year for her services to the Aboriginal community. She has previously appeared on Q&A.
My pick for Australian of the year. Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM - Northern Territory #IAmNotTheProblem
11. Sharon Williams, CEO of Aboriginal Family Support Services and Chairperson of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care.
12. Nareen Young, former CEO of the Diversity Council Australia. Young is currently a non-executive director of Indigenous Business Australia, Netball Australia and the Institute for Cultural Diversity.
13. Celeste Liddle, writer and Indigenous Organiser for the National Tertiary Education Union. Liddle writes for The Guardian Australia and for her blog, Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist.
