Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
A National Approach for Child Protection
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Discusses the child protection system in Australia, legislation and policy frameworks, child welfare ideology, and key challenges and possible future
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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
Submission Feb 2009
Health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities.
Research snapshot May 2009
The Australian Institute of Family Studies has prepared this Facts Sheet about the diversity of families to support the 2009 National Families Week
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on complexity and family relationships
Family Matters article Jun 2009
In this paper, variations in types of cohabiters were examined, emphasising the importance of understanding cohabiters as a heterogeneous group.
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
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Practice guide Jun 2010
Summarises current knowledge on best practice in child protection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters No. 86, 2011 - This article outlines the key research questions and findings from the evaluation
Family Matters article Mar 2011
This article examines four issues: the prevalence of different care-time arrangements in families that experienced parental separation after July 2006; parents' views about the flexibility and workability of their arrangements; characteristics of families with different care-time arrangements; and the strength of the relationship between child wellbeing on the one hand, and care-time arrangements and family dynamics on the other.