Q&A recap: One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts' embarrassing clash with physicist Brian Cox

By Neil McMahon
Updated August 16 2016 - 4:28pm, first published 9:34am
One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts denied the existence of climate change and said that NASA had 'manipulated' data on <i>Q&A</i>. Photo: ABC
One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts denied the existence of climate change and said that NASA had 'manipulated' data on <i>Q&A</i>. Photo: ABC
Physicist Brian Cox, centre, does his best to explain why climate change is a reality on <i>Q&A</i> as Linda Burney, left, and host Tony Jones look on. Photo: ABC
Physicist Brian Cox, centre, does his best to explain why climate change is a reality on <i>Q&A</i> as Linda Burney, left, and host Tony Jones look on. Photo: ABC
'You are hearing the interpretation of a highly qualified scientist and you're saying, 'I don't believe that'' ... <i>Q&A</i> host Tony Jones to One Nation's Malcolm Roberts Photo: ABC
'You are hearing the interpretation of a highly qualified scientist and you're saying, 'I don't believe that'' ... <i>Q&A</i> host Tony Jones to One Nation's Malcolm Roberts Photo: ABC

In searching for a moral from the story of Monday's Q&A - and the debut of a One Nation senator earning rave reviews for his revival of Queensland's finest vaudevillian traditions - let's tap the history books: the lesson of the Queen and the farting corgi.

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