Commissioned report Jan 2016
Domestic and family violence and parenting
This paper reviews what is known about the impact of domestic and family violence (DFV) on parenting.
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Commissioned report Jan 2016
This paper reviews what is known about the impact of domestic and family violence (DFV) on parenting.
Commissioned report Jul 2017
Report on the current state of knowledge on the impact of domestic and family violence (DFV) on parenting.
Short article Jul 2019
This short article discusses the findings from a recent national study that examined the service use and needs of foster and relative/kinship carers.
Short article Jun 2020
This short article outlines how out-of-home care caseworkers can support contact between children and their birth families during social restrictions.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2018
An overview of the economic costs of child abuse and neglect to the departments responsible for child protection services in Australia
Policy and practice paper Jan 2020
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
Resource sheet Aug 2023
Information about who is required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect to government child protection authorities
Resource sheet Aug 2021
Outlines recent research literature and discusses the use and effects of corporal punishment on children
Family Matters article Jun 2015
In this article, we report on responses to questions about the appropriateness of three particular care-time parenting arrangements in situations in which a parent is currently "threatening or violent towards the other parent after separation".
Webinar Jun 2020
A Families in Focus webinar In this webinar Angela Lynch AM explored the challenges COVID-19 are creating for the family violence legal and service system.