This article reports on the Australian Institute of Family Studies research program for the next three years. It covers the following primary data projects: Life Course of Australian Families, Family Formation, Breakdown and Re-formation; Parenting; and Ageing, Later Life Families and Family Care. Two monitoring projects will continue which involve the monitoring, analysis and reporting of secondary data: family trends monitoring and legislative, policy and program monitoring. Further analysis of Australian Living Standards Study data is discussed.