Family Matters article Jun 2001
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Family Matters article Jun 2015
Family law update
New measures to combat forced marriages
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Payee mothers’ interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support
This article explores mothers' experiences with the child support scheme in Australia, highlighting how interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support (DHS-CS) agency can facilitate or undermine the receipt of child support.
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Family Matters article Nov 2016
The Family Law DOORS
This article addresses criticisms of the Family Law DOORS (FL-DOORS) whole-of-family risk screening tool designed for use across the family law sector, following on from an earlier evaluation study by the Australian Institute for Family Studies that claimed only limited take-up of the tool, and presents new evidence on current use of and research with the FL-DOORS, referring to data from over 7,200 cases.
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Family Matters article Nov 2016
Context: Family Law DOORS
Background information about the DOORS discussion that is addressed in The Family Law DOORS article.
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Family Matters article Nov 2016
The family law implications of early contact between sperm donors and their donor offspring
This article considers the possible family law implications of legislation to ensure that donor-conceived adults can access their donor’s identity.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Woorabinda Aboriginal Council
This article describes some of the Community Development Employment Projects Scheme (CDEP) work initiatives taking place in Woorabinda, a thriving remote Aboriginal community about 170 km south-west of Rockhampton in Queensland's central highlands.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Aboriginal families and ATSIC
This paper begins by presenting statistics on Aboriginal families derived from the 1986 Census, then discusses how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is developing a National Family Strategy.
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Family Matters article May 1993
The place of family in social policy
This paper suggest there are many aspects of interpersonal relationships in good families that we need to incorporate in the more public parts of our lives, that policy makers often have unrealistic expectations of the capacity of these small and fragile units and examines the care-work nexus, suggesting a number of issues which could and should inform public policy debate.
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Family Matters article May 1993
Beyond custody and access
In this edited version of a paper presented at the fourth Australian Family Research Conference in February 1993, the author suggests that the roots of the language of custody and access lie in outdated assumptions of children as economic assets or property.