Commissioned reports
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Parental Marital Status and Children's Wellbeing
This paper compares the wellbeing of children in married- and cohabiting-parent families.
Evaluation of a pilot of legally assisted and supported…
Evaluates whether the model addresses practitioner and family safety, safe parenting arrangements and best interests of children.
New father figures and fathers who live elsewhere
This report investigates children’s experiences of having a ‘new father figure’ moving into their home and of having a biological father who does not live with them.
Increasing Indigenous employment rates
An overview of the research evidence on why Indigenous Australians have much lower employment rates than non-Indigenous Australians.
Building blocks
Showcases a selection of evidence-based programs from Western Australia and nationally that demonstrate best or promising practice in strengthening th
Evaluation of the Family Relationship Centre Legal…
Evaluates whether the program is working in the best interests of children, addressing power imbalances, and less adversarial dispute resolution.
Views of adolescents in separated families
Explores how adolescent children view their experience of parental separation in the context of the 2006 family law reforms.
Parenting dynamics after separation
Examinees the pathways that separating families have taken through the family law system and the impacts of changes to the family law system.
Protecting Australian children: The CDSMC National Approach…
PDF fact sheet produced by AIFS that outlines findings from the CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection Project