Australian War Memorial Council member Susan Neuhaus on howwomen will be better represented in the expanded memorial.
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00:00There's a prevailing narrative of war, which we've held as a country for such a long time.
00:05It is the narrative of the bronze Anzac soldier standing next to a horse with a dusty hat in his
00:12hand. And that story, it's an important story, but it's not the only story. There are so many
00:18other stories. And those galleries provide a space to be able to much more deeply and
00:24richly explore the stories, not just of the many, but specific stories that shine a light
00:32on women's contribution, on contribution in different roles. We live in a society where
00:38when I joined the army, we had about a 17% female participation rate. Now every single role in the
00:46Australian Army is open to women and women participate in those roles. So the stories
00:51of our involvement in war now, in current generations, is a very different narrative
00:58to the story of women's involvement in World War I.