Practice guide Jul 2017
Playgroups: A guide to their planning, delivery and management
A resource to assist in the development of high-quality and consistent playgroups
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Practice guide Jul 2017
A resource to assist in the development of high-quality and consistent playgroups
Resource sheet Aug 2021
Outlines recent research literature and discusses the use and effects of corporal punishment on children
Commissioned report Aug 2023
This snapshot compares the education and employment status of adolescents from the K cohort against their parents’ Centrelink data from 2002 to 2017.
Research report Dec 2023
This research report explores how the Australian Government's Parental Leave Pay (PLP) and Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP) were used by families up to December 2022.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article on parent-only care
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Articles in this issue address the interaction of policies, services and institutions, and the vulnerable with the employment prospects of those in out-of-home care; the economic consequences for single-parent families of the changes to the child support and the Welfare-to-Work reforms; and how the Victorian legal system has responded to family violence.
Media release May 2023
A new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has found that women are increasingly remaining employed when they take time off to have a baby, demonstrating the uptake of parental leave in recent years.
Family Matters article May 2018
This paper describes the main elements of a recent budget standards study conducted by researchers at the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at the University of New South Wales.
Research snapshot May 2016
Becoming a mother heralds a dramatic change in the lives of Australian women.
Family Matters article Dec 2014
Family Matters article about measuring socio-economic status of women