Germaine Greer delivered an awkward moment on Q & A program on Monday night when she asked Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop if she would 'free the nipple ' to save the lives of Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukuraman . The social media campaign , which gets its name from the 'free the nipple ' hashtag it is associated with , aims to address the taboo surrounding women 's nipples being exposed in film , television and photographs . It was raised by an audience member who was interested in learning the panel 's view of how they felt about young women posing topless online . Scroll down for video . Feminist icon Germaine Greer asked Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop if she would consider posing topless to spare the Bali Nine duo . While Ms Bishop said it was not something she had ever had the desire to do and emojis were as 'radical ' as she would get , the controversial feminist icon asked : 'What if it got you the commutation of two life sentences of two Australians ? ' In reply to this , Ms Bishop paused and shook her head in silence as the audience and panelists on the ABC program laughed . 'Please do n't got there , Germaine , ' the minister finally answered . This is Greer 's second gaffe on the program . In 2012 , the feminist icon said former prime minister Julia Gillard had a 'big arse ' . Ms Bishop went on to say she was concerned about the concept of young women posting topless photos of themselves on the internet . Andrew Chan ( left ) and Myuran Sukuraman ( right ) were sentenced to death after they were caught trying to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin in 2005 from Indonesia into Australia . Ms Bishop looked shocked when Greer quizzed her on the possibility and was speechless for a few moments . ' I just worry that the liberation of young women showing their nipple to the world leads to some perverted behaviour coming even more to the fore , ' she said . Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukuraman were arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from Indonesia into Australia . Q & A viewers were as stunned as Julie Bishop when Ms Greer asked the question and took to Twitter to express their surprise . Some viewers joked that Ms Bishop should join the 'free the nipple ' movement on the spot . The pair were sentenced to death and have spent the last 10 years in Bali 's Kerobokan prison . Chan and Sukuraman are days away from being executed after they were moved to Indonesia 's 'Death Island ' , Nusakambangan , on Wednesday . Ms Bishop has repeatedly asked the Indonesia government to spare the duo 's lives . It was revealed last week that Ms Bishop tried to organise a prisoners swap in exchange for clemency . Annabel Crabb ( left ) hosted Monday 's show in the place of Tony Jones , with writer Roxane Gay on the panel . Ms Bishop , along with Greer , was appearing on Q & A 's first all-female panel to mark Sunday 's International Women 's Day . Other guests were writer Roxane Gay , Best & Less chief executive Holly Kramer and Youth Without Borders founder Yassmin Abdel-Magied . The show 's regular host Tony Jones was replaced by the ABC 's chief online political writer Annabel Crabb . Youth Without Borders founder Yassmin Abdel-Magied ( left ) and Best & Less chief executive Holly Kramer ( right ) were also very active on the panel . Ms Bishop also discussed the role of being foreign affairs minister and the challenges she would have faced if she had children while in the position . The minister said she spent a number of days over in the Ukraine following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 , which would have been difficult to maneuver if she had been children . ' I 'm not suggesting for a moment that every person who 's foreign minister should have no children , ' she said . 'But the way I 'm doing it , the way I fulfill the role as foreign minister , I do spend a lot of time away and I do focus 110 per cent on it . ' .
Germaine Greer ran the possibility past Bali Nine on Monday 's Q & A . The ABC show 's panel were discussing the 'free the nipple ' campaign . It aims to address the taboo surrounding the exposure of women 's nipples . Greer asked Ms Bishop if she would go topless to spare Julie Bishop duo . Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukuraman are just days away from execution .