Research report Nov 1983
Singles in Australian society
The paper suggests there has always been a proportion of people who remain single.
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Research report Nov 1983
The paper suggests there has always been a proportion of people who remain single.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
Family Matters article Apr 1992
This article discusses the impact of recent social change on men, and questions the continued existence of the supposedly 'invisible father'.
Family Matters article Aug 1993
Family Matters article Aug 1993
This article describes some of the Community Development Employment Projects Scheme (CDEP) work initiatives taking place in Woorabinda, a thriving remote Aboriginal community about 170 km south-west of Rockhampton in Queensland's central highlands.
Family Matters article Aug 1993
This paper begins by presenting statistics on Aboriginal families derived from the 1986 Census, then discusses how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is developing a National Family Strategy.
Policy and practice paper Dec 1995
Current issues of child sexual abuse, perpetrator characteristics, the "backlash" against child abuse, ritual abuse and prevention initiatives.
Policy and practice paper Jun 1996
Review of the literature on intergenerational transmission of maltreatment, and whether and how maltreated children become abusive parents.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
In this article the author discusses the extent to which teenagers confide in their fathers, mothers and friends, and whether confiding in fathers is independently linked with the well being of teenagers.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2000
Exploration of the relationship between child maltreatment (especially child sexual abuse) and the experience or witnessing of domestic violence.