Policy and practice paper Apr 2000
Evaluating child abuse prevention programs
Overview of the use and effectiveness of program evaluation in child abuse prevention.
Policy and practice paper Apr 2000
Overview of the use and effectiveness of program evaluation in child abuse prevention.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
Draws substantially from the Research Use in Australian Child and Family Welfare project
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters article on mothers who are liable to pay child support
Family Matters article Aug 2011
There has been growing recognition of the importance of fathers to families in recent years. Societal trends, such as rising levels of employment among mothers of young children and recognition of the importance of the father-child relationship, have given more prominence to the contribution that fathers make to family life.
Family Matters article Aug 2011
Family Matters No. 88, 2011 - This article focuses on some grandparenting issues in the context of the 2006 family law reforms
Family Matters article Sep 2012
This article reports on grandparents' experiences of the effects of parental separation on relationships with their grandchildren.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
Research report Dec 1991
The Institute's evaluation of the first stage of Australia's Child Support Scheme covers the experiences of more than 15,000 parents.
Research report Mar 2015
People living alone now account for a quarter of all Australian households.