Submission Sep 2008
Social impacts associated with drought
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A preliminary analysis of data from the Regional and Rural Families Survey.
Submission Sep 2008
A preliminary analysis of data from the Regional and Rural Families Survey.
Policy and practice paper Apr 2008
Brief review of demographic, social and economic trends in rural, regional and remote Australia to provide background to service delivery.
Family Matters article Apr 2008
In this article, the authors describe the labour force status of carers who receive an Australian Government payment directed to carers, with a particular focus on the degree to which non-employed carers want to be in paid employment.
Policy and practice paper Mar 2008
Reporting on factors that may influence fathers' involvement with services and the competence of practitioners to engage with fathers.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This article describes the old adversarial system of the the Family Law Act, prior to the 2006 amendments; judicial decision making; previous, smaller changes to children's cases; the development of the Children's Cases Program, a pilot program run by the Family Court in New South Wales; and less adversarial principles and duties under the new legislation.
Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
A discussion of problems in defining and understanding the complexities of stepfamilies, and differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2007
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.
Research report Jul 2007
This paper compares the employment aspirations and expectations of mothers with and without long-term health problems.
Family Matters article Feb 2007