Policy and practice papers

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Mid adult male army veteran has an intense conversation with an unrecognizable person during a support group meeting. He gestures while speaking.
15 December 2020

Fathering programs in the context of domestic and family…

This paper examines how men's behaviour change programs and fathering programs address fathering issues for men who use violence.

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1 September 2020

Understanding food insecurity in Australia

This practice paper reviews the evidence on food security and describes the prevalence, impact and experience of food insecurity in Australia.

5 March 2020

Client violence towards workers in the child, family and…

This paper reviews evidence about client violence, and the threat of it, towards workers in the child, family and community welfare sector.

11 February 2020

Working together to keep children and families safe

This practice paper focuses on improving cross-sectoral relationships between child protection and child and family welfare practitioners.

7 January 2020

Child protection and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

A snapshot of the rates of involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and out-of-home care during 2016–2017

8 August 2019

Therapeutic residential care services in Australia

This paper describes the configuration and characteristics of current therapeutic residential care services in Australia.

11 June 2019

Elder abuse

Focusing on recent research, this paper discusses elder abuse in Australia and its prevalence, impact and associated risk factors.

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11 December 2018

Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities

This paper looks at intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities, and how service providers can provide appropriate support.

25 September 2018

Therapeutic residential care: An update on current issues…

This paper provides an update on developments in therapeutic residential care and touches on issues that should form the focus of future research.