Policy and practice paper May 2012
Natural disasters and community resilience: A framework for support
An exploration of the concept of community resilience and frameworks and tools developed to understand and measure it.
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Policy and practice paper May 2012
An exploration of the concept of community resilience and frameworks and tools developed to understand and measure it.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2013
A review and synthesis of the Australian and international literature on same-sex parented families.
Policy and practice paper Apr 2008
Brief review of demographic, social and economic trends in rural, regional and remote Australia to provide background to service delivery.
Research report Apr 1999
Findings from a recent Institute study show that most divorcing couples fail to consider superannuation in the division of property.
Research report Mar 2011
This Facts Sheet describes how the characteristics of families differ between the "city" and the "country" or "bush"
Research report Feb 2013
Investigates how communication technologies facilitate sexual violence against young people and challenges this presents for the justice system
Research report Sep 2011
This report examines whether drought affected areas have higher rates of residential mobility out of these areas
Research report Jun 2006
This paper concerns the factor of wages in attracting income support recipients into the work force.
Research report Dec 2003
This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.
Family Matters article Aug 1993
The author alerts readers to problems associated with measuring income poverty and argues that definitions used in measuring income amongst white Australians are not always appropriate when measuring income poverty amongst Aborigines.