Submission Nov 2013
Separated families and access to the family law system
A focus on access to justice for separated families when parents dispute arrangements for children.
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Submission Nov 2013
A focus on access to justice for separated families when parents dispute arrangements for children.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
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.
Family Matters article Sep 2000
Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper outlines some of the potential benefits of social capital for government, business, communities and family life.
Media release May 2016
Australian mothers continue to do the lion’s share of the housework, even when their children have headed off to school and left home, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on neighbourhood influence's on children's emotional and behavioural problems
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article on family dispute resolution
Family Matters article Apr 1991
Family Matters article May 2010
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
Family Matters article May 2010
This article examines possible difficulties related to the concept of genuine effort in family dispute resolution (FDR), as spelled out in the Family law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006.