Research report Apr 1999
Superannuation and divorce in Australia
Findings from a recent Institute study show that most divorcing couples fail to consider superannuation in the division of property.
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Research report Apr 1999
Findings from a recent Institute study show that most divorcing couples fail to consider superannuation in the division of property.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article examines patterns of geographic mobility in order to assess whether migration is likely to be the major cause for high lone-parent concentrations in regional areas, or whether such concentrations are largely a consequence of 'home grown' factors.
Research report Dec 2003
This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.
Research report Jun 2006
This paper concerns the factor of wages in attracting income support recipients into the work force.
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters opinion piece on sole-parent families
Research report Jan 2011
This paper investigates the lower employment rates of single mothers by comparing their employment transition rates with those of partnered mothers
Policy and practice paper Nov 2014
How and why do Australians choose to gamble interactively? How does interactive gambling differ from traditional land-based options?
Family Matters article Mar 2016
The first aim of this paper is to establish whether and how the number of young children people have and the age of their youngest child are associated with the quantity and quality of their sleep.
Media release Sep 2017
Australians need the protection of full ‘pre-commitment systems’ to reduce the financial and social harm from poker machines, according to a discussion paper released today by the Australian Gambling Research Centre. Eight per cent of the Australian adult population – or 1.4million people – experience some degree of gambling problem. Of these almost half are moderate or high risk gamblers, with poker machines the most harmful form of gambling in Australia.