Research programs
Child Family Community Australia
An information exchange for practitioners, policy-makers and service providers working with children, families and communities.
Research programs
An information exchange for practitioners, policy-makers and service providers working with children, families and communities.
Research programs
The Australian Gambling Research Centre (AGRC) conducts research on gambling behaviour, trends, harms, prevention, treatment and policy.
Media release Jun 2020
Young people make up a significant proportion of individuals engaging in unwanted or harmful sexual behaviours against children.
Family Matters article Jun 2015
Family Matters article Jun 2015
Building on the growing consensus that communities are best served by a public health approach to child protection, this article demonstrates that it is possible to identify family environments at a population level that could be the subject of public health interventions.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article on parent-only care
Family Matters article Mar 2016
This article describes the development of a panel of experts commissioned in 2014 by the Australian Government Department of Social Services to help service providers in the family support sector to deliver evidence-based programs and practices, s well as discussing its processes, management, evaluation, and initial projects.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
Commissioner and Justice Jennifer Coate describes the aims and work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
This article reviews progress to date and some of the benefits and challenges faced by a panel of experts commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services to help service providers to deliver evidence-based programs and practices in the family support sector.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
This article outlines some issues and common challenges that require careful thought when planning an evaluation of a program targeting Indigenous people.