Intergenerational transmission of maltreatment

Review of the literature on intergenerational transmission of maltreatment, and whether and how maltreated children become abusive parents.

Measuring the value of unpaid household, caring and voluntary work of older Australians

This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.

The changing role of grandparents

A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.

Kinship care

Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse

Web resources: Grandparents

This page contains selected web resources relating to grandparents.

Opinion: Grandparents raising grandchildren

Grandparents supporting working families

Family law update

This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999. 

Grandparenting and the 2006 family law reforms

Family Matters No. 88, 2011 - This article focuses on some grandparenting issues in the context of the 2006 family law reforms

Parental separation and grandchildren

This article reports on grandparents' experiences of the effects of parental separation on relationships with their grandchildren.