ABSTRACT
As an amenity migrant, married into a rural family, a mother of two, and with a full-time job as a public servant, Nicola is unequivocal in her reasons for having neither the time nor energy to actively engage with her local bushfire brigade:
Certainly in terms of volunteering to do things, it’s really difficult when you work full-time and for me it’s the hours, there’s no way! I can’t even go to a CWA meeting. You know, they’re just not designed for commuting working mummies. (♀ NSW Feb. 2009) 1
