Family Matters article Sep 2000
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Low income parents paying income support
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Family Matters article Sep 2000
Child support and parent-child contact
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Research report Dec 2000
Reforming the Australian welfare state
This collection of essays addresses the new agenda for the Australian welfare system and reflects on the case for radical reform
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Benefits for children
This article discusses 'Benefits for children: a four country study', a new international study which discusses and compares the child benefit programs of four countries: Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Work and welfare: the evolving role of income support
This article discusses how the Australian income support system has adapted to significant changes in the Australian labour market and in the distribution of employment.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 2001
Child abuse and the Internet
Explores the Internet's role in child sexual exploitation, exposure to sexually explicit material and the use of the Internet by paedophiles.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 2001
Child abuse and the media
Examines the role of the media in publicising child abuse and protection, and its contribution to public and political discourse about the topic.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
A framework for responding to vulnerable children and their families
Continuing previous research (1999) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies on the outcomes of the UK 'Looking After Children' approach in out of home care in Victoria, the author discusses the value of the UK Children in Need assessment framework for Victorian Family Services.
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
A history of child protection
This article gives an overview of the development of child protection and efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, highlighting the cyclical nature of the evolution of child protection services and noting that many of the current approaches have been tried a number of times over the last 150 years and look likely to be re-applied in the next few decades.
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Research report Oct 2001
How should family services respond to 'Children in Need'?
Should family service agencies in Australia adopt the Children in Need system?