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Mothers have often been associated with conservatism: linked to cloyingly sentimental cultural ideals or depicted as victims of patriarchal oppression.
In the 19th century, the middle-class mother was idealised as the “angel in the house”, while during the boom years after the second world war she was depicted as a devoted homemaker in her suburban castle.
During the 1970s, second-wave feminists thoroughly critiqued the relegation of women to childrearing. This left some with a lingering sense that becoming a mother was an old-fashioned or politically regressive choice. Louisa Lawson used her status as a mother for political clout in the ‘woman movement’.
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Gamil means no in Gamilaraay: the language spoken by
the Gomeroi people. Situated on what is today described as north
western NSW, the Gomeroi Nation is currently saying gamil to the
proposed Narrabri Gas project.
In a
statement released on 22 November, the Gomeroi Nation put both
the federal and state government on notice that as its rights have
not been recognised or respected, it is saying no to a gas invasion
of its country.
The statement further explains that the Gomeroi Nation has not