Commissioned reports

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8 December 2025

Safeguarding Children from Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons from…

Comprehensive review of Queensland’s child sexual abuse safeguards, system gaps, and best practice reforms for early childhood education and care.

18 February 2025

Literature review of available research on veterans’ needs…

The Department of Veterans' Affairs commissioned the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) to identify and synthesise existing research on older veterans, and…

Children in preschool
29 January 2025

Understanding preschool delivery

This rapid evidence review summarises literature published from 2018 to 2023 in English on preschool delivery practices in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)…

25 September 2024

Family Relationships Services Program Review

This report was commissioned and funded by the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department (AGD). It examines the Family Relationships Services Program. …

30 August 2024

Building the evidence base for the National Carer Strategy

This report provides a broad overview of the current evidence base on informal carers in Australia including who they are, how they are faring, and the supports…

21 December 2023

Summarising the evidence: exploring what we know about…

Respect Victoria commissioned us to review evidence that helps understand what we know – and don’t know – about the prevalence, nature, drivers, and risk factors of…

29 November 2023

Intimate Partner Violence among current and ex-serving…

The findings in this report highlight opportunities for continued action to address intimate partner violence in the veteran community, a national priority for the…

27 September 2023

Future-proofing Safety – COVID-19 and family violence in…

Led by the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) at Drummond Street Services, in partnership with research partners the Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ)…

17 September 2023

Strengthening Defence and Veteran Couple Relationships…

DVA commissioned the Australian Institute of Family Studies to investigate what relationship interventions currently exist and how they might be adapted to address…