Family Matters article Jun 1995
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
Australia's Child Support Scheme
This article looks at the history and current status of Australia's Child Support scheme, considering issues such as collection rate, collection enforcement, delivery of payments, split between bureaucracies, client relations, discrimination against Stage One children, and discrimination against non-custodial parents.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
British Child Support Act in practice
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
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Family Matters article Jun 1996
Are Australian workplaces family friendly?
This paper suggests that it is still not easy, in 1995, for the more than a quarter of Australia's workforce to gain the additional flexibility which may be required to carry out the dual tasks of care and paid work
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Meeting the support needs of families with dependent children where the parent has a mental illness
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Submission Sep 2008
Social impacts associated with drought
A preliminary analysis of data from the Regional and Rural Families Survey.
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Submission Feb 2009
Inquiry into Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
Health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities.
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Behind the paid working hours of single mothers
This article looks at data from in-depth interviews with seven single mothers to reveal the additional labour they might need to do simply to keep the relationship between home and paid work intact.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
Family and work
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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.