"We proved our program worked and instead of it continuing until we achieved equality, the previous government simply funded something else and left our program to wither." Science and Technology Australia (STA)'s chief executive Misha Schubert said the draft recommendations were"a powerful exhortation to stay the course and double down" on proven diversity initiatives with long-term investment. She flagged the STA-run Superstars of STEM program, which was recommended in the report as a way for media to "help influence diverse representation beyond women to non-binary people and people from other diverse cohorts". Every year the Superstars of STEM program provides mentorship and media training to women and non-binary STEM experts from historically underrepresented groups to help build their public profiles. It aims to increase the visibility of "diverse role models featured in the media as experts in STEM" and has trained 150 experts so far.