Research report Feb 1989
Attitudes to various aspects of Australian child maintenance reforms
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This paper briefly reviews several public opinion polls conducted to gauge public attitudes to the Child Support Scheme.
Research report Feb 1989
This paper briefly reviews several public opinion polls conducted to gauge public attitudes to the Child Support Scheme.
Research report Aug 1989
This report focuses on the financial support of children and some associated family and economic circumstances.
Research report Apr 1984
Discusses the appropriateness of adoption as a way of establishing the legal status and family relationships of stepchildren and stepparents
Research report Jan 2005
This report attempts to gain an understanding of the reasons for fertility trends, at both the macro and micro levels
Research report Aug 2012
This report presents the findings of the National Research Study on the Service Response to Past Adoption Practices
Policy and practice paper Sep 2003
Developed with SNAICC to provide an overview of the issues around the child abuse and neglect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article shares insights and knowledge gained from providing conciliation counselling to Aboriginal families at times of family breakdown and separation, discussing issues of cross cultural communication, family violence and service provision, as well as offering guidelines to facilitate and promote work in this area.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article discusses the trend for more of those women who have children to stay in, or return to, the workforce after the birth of a child or during the early child raising years, and in parallel, the trending decline among young women in the workforce who have the care of dependent children.
Family Matters article Jun 1999
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on insights into the concept of social exclusion