Family Matters article Dec 1992
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
What's new in family law?
This article examines the content and implications of the decision made in the case of In re Marion (1991) FLC 92-193, which considered the rights and responsibilities of the parents of an intellectually disabled teenage girl.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Matrimonial property reform
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Big business, small business, family business
Using data from studies of employers' views on work and family issues by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this article compares how big and small business approach the challenge of becoming more 'family-friendly'.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Mothers with young children
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Changing families, changing laws
This article discusses recent moves to reform laws which affect both parents and children after separation, based on issues raised in the Family Law Council's discussion paper 'Patterns of parenting after separation'.
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Juggling work and family commitments
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
To work or not to work?
This article discusses findings from the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Becoming Adult Study which suggest that it is young women rather than young men who are making the major adjustments to the demands of employment and having children.
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Mothers in the workforce
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Work and stress: Can a sense of control help?
This article presents research on the notion of control and how it should be measured, and concludes that 'by modifying our goals, setting priorities and delegating responsibility, we can reduce the pressures on us and hopefully maintain a sense of control and therefore wellbeing'.