This article reports on completed and current projects of the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Completed projects, and their associated publications are described. They include: Australian Living Standards Study (ALSS) including the area studies, Early Childhood Study, and research on family trends, families and cultural diversity, work and family, children's rights and law, the commonwealth's role in preventing child abuse, and family change, family relationships and adolescent sexual behaviours and attitudes. Current AIFS projects include: Newtown revisited, housing preferences and capital gains, Department of Social Security Community Research Project, Puckapunyal Primary School Project, rural and regional families, a profile of Australian families, family law reform evaluation, and the costs of children.