Commissioned report Dec 2021
Vietnam Veterans Family Study: Spouses and partners of veterans
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This report confirms the long-term impact of Vietnam War service on family members.
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Commissioned report Dec 2021
This report confirms the long-term impact of Vietnam War service on family members.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article discusses how the Australian income support system has adapted to significant changes in the Australian labour market and in the distribution of employment.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article discusses 'Benefits for children: a four country study', a new international study which discusses and compares the child benefit programs of four countries: Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper considers what welfare means in America, the background problem of poverty, how and why work requirements have become progressively more demanding, and consequences to date of welfare reform.
Research report Sep 2021
This report looks at the COVID early release of superannuation program, the families who accessed superannuation early and how the money was used.
Research programs
Information and experiences from Defence personnel and their families.
Media release Sep 2018
The Australian Institute of Family Study’s submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence ‘highlights the importance of service systems that are responsive to the needs of vulnerable families – and the particular value of coordinated, responsive systems in the context of communities that experience high levels of social and economic disadvantage’.
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Family Matters article Dec 2013
Family Matters article about poverty and destitution in the aftermath of the United States recession
Family Matters article Aug 1993
In this article the author analyses the labour market environment of two remote area Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) communities in the Northern Territory to see if, after five years of the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy, more members of Aboriginal families had gained access to the conventional labour market and the Active Society.