Commissioned report Oct 2014
Attendance in primary school
aims to understand more about attendance patterns in primary school and their impact on academic achievement, using data from LSAC and NAPLAN.
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Commissioned report Oct 2014
aims to understand more about attendance patterns in primary school and their impact on academic achievement, using data from LSAC and NAPLAN.
Research report May 2015
What types of childcare are Australian parents choosing for their children?
Commissioned report Nov 2017
The Cradle to Kinder program is an early intervention program designed to address the needs of vulnerable children and families.
Research report Sep 2015
Does life satisfaction improve or decline as people grow older? What happens to people's outlook as they pass through the common events of life?
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article about research findings on marriage and relationship education
Commissioned report Sep 2016
69% of Australian primary school children attend government schools, 19% attend Catholic primary schools and 12% attend independent primary schools.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2015
A review of the research on the effectiveness of relationship education and counselling
Short article Mar 2016
We recently spoke with Professor Sue Dyson about respectful relationships education, and its role in preventing domestic and family violence.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
This article assesses the evidence on the benefits of supported playgroups for parents and children.
Family Matters article May 2018
This article investigates how public support for the rights of same-sex couples has changed in Australia over the last 10 years, with a comparison of 2005 and 2015 data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.