Submission Mar 2014
Inquiry into grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren
Inquiry into grandparents taking primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren.
Submission Mar 2014
Inquiry into grandparents taking primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2014
Australian research into FIFO work practices suggests this lifestyle has a range of effects on children and on family relationships.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2013
This paper uses existing literature to describe Australia's family leave policy history leading up to the government-funded Dad and Partner Pay
Policy and practice paper Nov 2012
This paper reviews the research on whether some family structures expose children to a higher risk of child maltreatment than others
Policy and practice paper May 2012
An exploration of the concept of community resilience and frameworks and tools developed to understand and measure it.
Submission Feb 2009
Health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities.
Submission Sep 2008
A preliminary analysis of data from the Regional and Rural Families Survey.
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.
Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
A discussion of problems in defining and understanding the complexities of stepfamilies, and differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2006
A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.