Family Matters article Mar 2000
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New employment policies, poverty and mothering
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Research report Nov 2013
The tyrannies of distance and disadvantage
This research report investigates whether children in regional areas experience a "tyranny of distance" or a "tyranny of disadvantage".
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Commissioned report Mar 2012
Increasing Indigenous employment rates
An overview of the research evidence on why Indigenous Australians have much lower employment rates than non-Indigenous Australians.
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Commissioned report Feb 2014
Improving labour market outcomes through education and training
This paper explores the disparity in participation and attainment by Indigenous Australians in education and training and how it can be addressed.
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Family Matters article May 2010
The national evaluation of the Communities for Children initiative
This paper considers place-based approaches to support families and facilitate the development of their children, by summarising the findings from the evaluation of Communities for Children (CfC), an initiative under the Australian Government’s Stronger Familles and Communities Strategy (SFCS).
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Family Matters article May 2010
Neighbourhood influences on young children's emotional and behavioural problems
Family Matters article on neighbourhood influence's on children's emotional and behavioural problems
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
Early childhood poverty and adult achievement, employment and health
Family Matters article on early childhood poverty and adult achievement
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Family Matters article Apr 2011
Desperately seeking security
Family Matters article on UK family policy
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
The neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment
This paper reviews some of the recent research that has analysed the outcomes of child maltreatment as seen through the lens of the disciplines of neuroscience, psychopathology, traumatology and related fields.
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
Maternity leave and reduced future earning capacity
This paper looks at who is likely to benefit most from the introduction of Paid Parental Leave (PPL).