Family Matters article Mar 2005
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Family law update
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Family law update
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.
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Media release Nov 2016
Family law system urged to maintain vigilance against family violence
Australia’s family law system must continue to address a growing need for family violence screening among troubled families, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Family Law Council visits New Zealand
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.
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family is for life
Provides prevalence figures for a range of childhood familial experiences (both positive and adverse), and examines the associations between these experiences and psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood.
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Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Family group conferencing in Australia 15 years on
This paper looks at the extent of family group conferencing in Australian child protection practice since the first trial was initiated in 1992.
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Policy and practice paper Jul 2013
Family factors in early school leaving
This paper looks at the risk factors associated with young people exiting the education system prematurely, particularly in a family context
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Family day care
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Research report Sep 1983
Family change and early childhood development
The concern of the paper is to outline how social change affects the nurturing tasks of family life
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family and place
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.