Family Matters article Sep 1998
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Parental disability and the threat of child removal
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Research report Nov 1998
Families in focus in Western Australia
Aims to provide a comprehensive base of information on families and family life in Western Australia.
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Research report Feb 1999
What future for family research?
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.
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Family Matters article Mar 1999
Workshop on quality of life research
This article reports on a two day workshop in which the work of key researchers was presented and contradictions in citizens' quality of life research were explored.
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Policy and practice paper Apr 1999
Community-based approaches in preventing child maltreatment
Review of theoretical constructs relating to child abuse prevention, health promotion strategies and the development of healthy communities.
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Research report May 1999
The New 'Australian Family Panel Survey'
The Australian Institute of Family Studies is planning to develop a major new research initiative to be known as the Australian Family Panel Survey.
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
Child abuse prevention: Community-based approaches
This article discusses community-based approaches to preventing child maltreatment.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare reform in Britain, Australia and the United States
This article considers whether Britain and Australia will eventually have to ask the same tough question that the US has faced: do we want to defend the right of lone parents to choose not to work, or do we really want to reduce the levels of welfare dependency?
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare dependency and economic opportunity
In this paper, the author criticises and evaluates Lawrence Mead's 'Welfare reform and the family', and offers a British perspective on welfare dependency and economic opportunity.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare reform and the family
This article provides an overview of papers presented, and of debate around reform of the welfare and social security systems at the forefront of political debate in many western nations, including Australia.