Family Matters article Dec 2013
Workplace support, breastfeeding and health
This paper aims to identify best-practice strategies for breastfeeding support in the Australian workplace.
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
This paper aims to identify best-practice strategies for breastfeeding support in the Australian workplace.
Commissioned report Dec 2013
Reviews evidence relating to improving Indigenous outcomes across a range of key social and economic health and welllbeing.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to grandparents.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
Family Matters article Nov 2016
This article considers the possible family law implications of legislation to ensure that donor-conceived adults can access their donor’s identity.
Family Matters article Nov 2016
This article addresses criticisms of the Family Law DOORS (FL-DOORS) whole-of-family risk screening tool designed for use across the family law sector, following on from an earlier evaluation study by the Australian Institute for Family Studies that claimed only limited take-up of the tool, and presents new evidence on current use of and research with the FL-DOORS, referring to data from over 7,200 cases.
Submission Nov 2013
A focus on access to justice for separated families when parents dispute arrangements for children.
Submission Sep 2012
Research projects examining separated families and the operation of the Australian family law system.
Webinar Jul 2015
This webinar described notable developments and initiatives taking place internationally in the area of child legal representation.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms