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Social support in an Australian community
The study carried out in Geelong in May 1982 was an attempt to see how families in one Australian community have been coping with the pressures
Towards a national child care policy
Child care services are among the most effective support services that governments can provide for families.
Services to families: With many a slip
Concepts of the family and their implications for the organisation of social welfare services are examined.
The income unit in the Australian tax and social security…
AIFS has published this doctoral dissertation as a contribution to the debate on the economics of the family and the implications for policy.
Diary of social legislation and policy 1982
Provides a reference for researchers and workers in government and service organisations
Family Impact Seminars: A summary of issues
A summary of issues edited by Don Stewart
Informal marriages
This paper discusses the body of case and statute law covering aspects of unmarried cohabitation in Australia and looks at the effect of these laws
One-parent families and educational disadvantage
Paper is based on the findings from a pilot study of possible educational problems suffered by the growing number of children from one parents homes
Divorce in Australia
Outlines the provision of the Family Law Act 1975, examines the changes in the divorce rate since 1975 and the processes of the Family Court