Research report Sep 1997
Work and family values, preferences and practice
Initial findings from a new Institute study highlight the ways that parents' workforce participation is influenced by their values and preferences.
Research report Sep 1997
Initial findings from a new Institute study highlight the ways that parents' workforce participation is influenced by their values and preferences.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
This article considers innovations in the organised care of both children and elderly family members during working hours for workers with family responsibilities.
Research report Dec 1995
Is it possible to integrate the roles of work and family, or will this remain a vision more than the reality?
Research report Feb 1989
The major focus is the explanation of differences in the post- separation histories in paid employment of a sample of women with dependent children.
Media release Nov 2015
While the participation of women in the labour force has increased substantially, women still retire with around half as much superannuation as men.
Research report Dec 1993
Report of the findings of the Dependent Care Study by AIFS, commissioned by the Work and Family Unit, Department of Industrial Relations.
Family Matters article Dec 1992
This article reports on three papers on children's rights and parental responsibilities presented at the fifth National Family Law Conference hosted by the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia in Perth in September 1992.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
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.
Commissioned report Dec 2013
Reviews evidence relating to improving Indigenous outcomes across a range of key social and economic health and welllbeing.
Family Matters article Dec 1992
This article examines the impact of sustained high levels of unemployment on young people's pathways to adulthood and on their families, including discussion around leaving home and forming relationships; being unemployed and living at home with parents; lack of parental support and government initiatives.