Family Matters article Sep 2001
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2001
Strategic Directions in Child Protection
This document presents the 12 commissioned reports on aspects of child protection service and policy
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Understanding community strengths
This article identifies the concepts of social cohesion and social exclusion as providing two theoretical frameworks whose relevance to Australian policy deserves greater exploration.
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Research report May 2002
Determinants of Australian mothers’ employment
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Census to analyse the factors which explain the employment gap.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Lesbian parenting
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Three facts about fertility
In this article evidence from 21 OECD countries is used to describe the recent trajectory of fertility change in advanced industrialised countries, to identify changes in the nature of the trade-offs between work and family and to establish which family friendly policy measures are most conducive to high levels of fertility.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Fertility decline in Australia
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Why is the fertility rate falling?
This article examines what might be causing decades of falling birth rates and the all time low in Australia's fertility rates.
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Family Matters article May 2003
Competing family models, competing social policies
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Helping families cope