Family Matters article Jun 2000
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Minister opens AIFS conference
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
Mind(ing) the gap
Law reform recommendations responding to child protection in a federal system
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Research report Sep 2011
Migration, labour demand, housing markets and the drought in regional Australia
This report examines whether drought affected areas have higher rates of residential mobility out of these areas
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Policy and practice paper May 2013
Meeting children's needs when the family environment isn't always "good enough": A systems approach
This paper provides a theoretical basis to working with vulnerable and high-risk families where parenting is not "good enough" or even unsafe
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Media release Mar 2015
Many Australians live alone
A quarter of all Australian households are now lone person households, according to a new demographic trends paper released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
Mandatory reporting of abuse as perceived by young people and youth sector workers
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Practice guide Sep 2006
Male survivors of sexual assault and rape
This resource document provides a current overview of research and information concerning male survivors of sexual assault and rape.
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Short article Jun 2018
Maintaining the mental health of child protection practitioners
We highlight some of the key findings of a recent report that examined the mental health of child protection practitioners in Victoria.
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Short article May 2018
Long-term outcomes of adults who were abused or neglected as children in care during the 20th century
A recent study found that adults who were abused as children in out-of-home care experienced a range of negative outcomes persisting into later life.
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Policy and practice paper Apr 1998
Long-term effects of child sexual abuse - 1998
Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.