Practice guide Oct 2013
What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage
Focuses on three of the COAG building blocks that were the focus of the Clearinghouse in Year 3: early childhood; health; and safe communities.
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Practice guide Oct 2013
Focuses on three of the COAG building blocks that were the focus of the Clearinghouse in Year 3: early childhood; health; and safe communities.
Family Matters article Sep 2008
This paper provides information about what job characteristics promote or inhibit maintaining employment while caring.
Research report Feb 1999
Over the last twenty years, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has established itself as a key centre for research on the family in Australia.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
this paper discusses the Institute's plans to develop a series of family policy position papers that may serve as a basis for Australia-wide discussion on whether family life is valued sufficiently in public policies and programs, and two documents that may serve as a starting point for those position papers.
Short article Mar 2019
Article based on a presentation given at the AIFS 2018 Conference by Dr Tim Reddel from the Department of Social Services.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article presents two views of the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Fifth Australian Family Research Conference: one looking at the nature of family studies, another summarising some of the themes introduced by keynote speakers at the conference, including policy research and policy development, corporate responsibility and the family, and economic restructuring and family living standards, and how they were developed in a range of papers.
Media release Oct 2016
Two in five Australian children live in households with more complex family relationships at some stage during their childhood, according to long-term research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Practice guide Jul 2013
This paper focuses on the design and delivery of trauma-informed and trauma-specific children's services and care.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Looks at what kind of training would assist in providing safe, nurturing care and continuity of cultural needs for children in care
Family Matters article Apr 1991
This article discusses findings from the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Becoming Adult Study which suggest that it is young women rather than young men who are making the major adjustments to the demands of employment and having children.