Family Matters article Sep 1998
-
-
Family Matters article Jun 1998
Child abuse prevention: NSW framework
This article discusses the launch of the new NSW Child Abuse Prevention Framework, designed to help policy and decision makers develop comprehensive plans to prevent child abuse and neglect.
-
Family Matters article Nov 1990
Saving the world's children?
-
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Children’s participation in family law disputes
Family Matters article on the views of children, parents, lawyers and counsellors on children's participation in family law disputes
-
Family Matters article Jun 2009
A contribution to research and development in the carer support sector
This paper summarises the findings of a project to review the literature on effective caring that was carried out as part of a larger body of work by one research centre working in the area of carer needs assessment.
-
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Indigenous social exclusion
Family Matters article on insights into the concept of social exclusion
-
Family Matters article Mar 2009
"Think child, think family"
This article suggests it is vital to tap potential of the powerful evidence that now exists on the serious immediate and long-term risks posed to children from parental substance dependence, mental health problems and domestic violence, and the high prevalence of such problems among families involved with statutory child protection systems.
-
Family Matters article Mar 2009
A half-hearted defence of the CDEP scheme
This paper updates the Office of Evaluation and Audit 1997 report that evaluated the The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme developed as a response to the perceived social threat of "sit-down money" to Indigenous communities in the 1970s.
-
Family Matters article Sep 2008
Enhancing service systems for protecting children
Family Matters article on child protection reform in Australia
-
Family Matters article Sep 2008
History of social security in Australia
Family Matters article on the history of social security in Australia