Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
A National Approach for Child Protection
Discusses the child protection system in Australia, legislation and policy frameworks, child welfare ideology, and key challenges and possible future
Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
Discusses the child protection system in Australia, legislation and policy frameworks, child welfare ideology, and key challenges and possible future
Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
Prepared by the NCPC, AIFS, with the assistance of the Children, Youth and Families Unit, AIHW
Policy and practice paper Dec 2001
This document presents the 12 commissioned reports on aspects of child protection service and policy
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article on teenagers and household work
Family Matters article Sep 2010
This article describes a form of lawyer-assisted family dispute resolution (FDR), known as collaborative practice.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
Family Matters article on families balancing their lives
Family Matters article Jul 2013
Family Matters article
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.