Webinar Jul 2020
Findings from the Families in Australia Survey: Life during Covid-19
A Families in Focus webinar
Webinar Jul 2020
A Families in Focus webinar
Research programs
Through an extensive and long-standing research program AIFS has examined a range of separation and family law-related issues.
Submission Oct 2018
General comment on the proposed Draft Charter and reflections on specific rights in Draft Charter.
Submission Sep 2018
Submission of findings relevant to the Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence
Submission Jan 2020
Findings from Terms of Reference set out by Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System.
Submission Jan 2020
A response to the Productivity Commission’s draft report, released in October 2019.
Submission Feb 2021
Evidence-based family-centred indicators and measures that could be adopted in Outcomes Frameworks.
Media release Dec 2020
Using findings from the first wave of the Families in Australia Survey, this article looks at support in families and social networks during COVID.
Media release Jul 2021
New research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows one in five Australian women changed their plans of having children because of COVID-19, and one in seven women indicated that COVID-19 likely impacted on when they would have children, with the majority of this cohort (92%) choosing to delay having children.
Media release Dec 2021
Almost one in six (14.8%) older Australians report that they have experienced abuse in the past 12 months, and only about one-third of those victims have sought help, according to new research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).