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Resource sheet 1 Aug 2022

Australian child protection legislation

A brief overview of child protection legislation across state and territory jurisdictions in Australia

Webinar 10 Aug 2022

Working with children who are experiencing or engaging in bullying behaviour

This webinar will help practitioners to understand childhood bullying. It explores strategies to work with children experiencing bullying or engaging in bullying behaviour.

Latest research

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Research snapshot
Jul 2022

Grandparents and child care

This snapshot highlights key findings about grandparents providing child care from the Grandparents and Child Care in Australia research report.

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Research snapshot
Jul 2022

Identifying strategies to better support foster, kinship…

This is a summary report about carer's needs by AIFS and Murawin, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. The government wanted to know…

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Research report
Jul 2022

ldentifying strategies to better support foster, kinship…

This is the final report from the research project Identifying Strategies to Better Support Foster, Kinship and Permanent Carers.

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Resource sheet
Aug 2022

Australian child protection legislation

A brief overview of child protection legislation across state and territory jurisdictions in Australia

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Short article
Jul 2022

Effective behaviour management strategies for children aged…

This short article describes the evidence on and impacts of discipline and behaviour management strategies for children.

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Short article
Jul 2022

Understanding the mental health and help-seeking behaviours…

This short article presents a summary of the research on the mental health and help-seeking behaviours of refugees and what works to support them. 

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The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health

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The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants

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