The Guardian: ‘We walk with our heads high’: the women who care for country fighting fire with fire

‘We walk with our heads high’: the women who care for country by fighting fire with fire.

‘The job is so in demand, Cox says, that when funding was available in 2014-15 women would turn up to work even though they earned less than they would have received in welfare payments.’

This article, published in the Guardian newspaper 16 September 2019, explores the work of female rangers in the north of Australia, as they care for country by fighting fire with fire, and calls for greater security of funding for their work.