Australian Institute of Family Studies

Recent publications

Annual Report

Annual Report— Oct 2019

Australian Institute of Family Studies annual reports describe the research and operations of the Institute, along with highlights for the year.

Parenting arrangements after separation

Research summary— Oct 2019

Summary of the findings from studies of post-separation parenting outcomes, including family law case files analyses and surveys of separated parents.

Elder Abuse National Research

Research Report— Oct 2019

This paper discusses the development of a working definition of abuse of older people to be applied in the Elder Abuse National Research Program.

AIFS Corporate Plan

Corporate document— Aug 2019

The AIFS Corporate Plan outlines our vision to make a profound and positive contribution to the lifetime wellbeing of Australian families.

News

Culture of men’s work trapping fathers

September 2019: Annabel Crabb’s recent article asks why Australia’s culture around work and parental leave means that when a family changes, it is women who change and adapt to the new reality. She draws on AIFS researcher Dr Jennifer Baxter’s work on this topic, including this graph: ‘the baldest possible visual demonstration of how differently mother and fathers experience work and family balance’.

Child care peak bodies welcome AIFS' evaluation report

August 2019: AIFS’ evaluation of the Federal Government’s Child Care Package, commissioned by the Department of Education, has been received with great interest by sector peak bodies. Sector representatives in general congratulated the government on its investment in child care and the commissioning and release of the report, while also calling for more to be done for families that continue to struggle with the high cost of child care.