Research report Jun 1988
Home ownership for low income families
This second stage evaluation focuses on three issues: Change in family circumstances; Management of costs; Level of satisfaction.
Research report Jun 1988
This second stage evaluation focuses on three issues: Change in family circumstances; Management of costs; Level of satisfaction.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
Family Matters article Dec 2013
FAMILY MATTERS NO. 93 - Explores how family policy can support greater gender equality in paid and unpaid work, for parents in particular.
Media release Sep 2017
Australians need the protection of full ‘pre-commitment systems’ to reduce the financial and social harm from poker machines, according to a discussion paper released today by the Australian Gambling Research Centre. Eight per cent of the Australian adult population – or 1.4million people – experience some degree of gambling problem. Of these almost half are moderate or high risk gamblers, with poker machines the most harmful form of gambling in Australia.
Research report Jul 1987
This report provides data from: the first wave of interviews with 481 loan recipients; the first wave of interviews with the control group families.
Short article May 2019
This article looks at why only 1 in 20 Australian fathers take parental leave, as well as the benefits for both families and businesses of shared parental leave.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Looking at "postvention"for families - activities that can assist those bereaved by suicide to cope with what has occurred.
Short article Jun 2017
In the context of rising housing costs and financial stress, parental separation in low-income families can trigger greater risk of homelessness.
Research report Jun 1991
Prepared by Australian Institute of Family Studies for the Victorian Ministry of Housing and Construction.