Family Matters article Mar 2009
Relationships between grandparents and grandchildren
Family Matters article exploring relationships between children and their grandparents
Family Matters article Mar 2009
Family Matters article exploring relationships between children and their grandparents
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This article describes the old adversarial system of the the Family Law Act, prior to the 2006 amendments; judicial decision making; previous, smaller changes to children's cases; the development of the Children's Cases Program, a pilot program run by the Family Court in New South Wales; and less adversarial principles and duties under the new legislation.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2007
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.
Family Matters article Jun 2007
Family Matters article Jun 2007
Policy and practice paper Nov 2006
A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.
Family Matters article Dec 2003
Family Matters article Dec 2003
Research report Dec 2003
This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
This article briefly describes the meeting of Family Law Council of Australia, an advisory body to the Commonwealth Attorney General, meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, discussing issues such as the representation of children in family proceedings, the Hague Convention, and the treatment of domesticviolence in family law proceedings.