Family Matters article Jun 1996
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Health and the family: A brief overview
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Family law reforms and attitudes to parental responsibility
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and mental disorder
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Young women delaying families
This article discusses the trend for more of those women who have children to stay in, or return to, the workforce after the birth of a child or during the early child raising years, and in parallel, the trending decline among young women in the workforce who have the care of dependent children.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Working with Aboriginal families
This article shares insights and knowledge gained from providing conciliation counselling to Aboriginal families at times of family breakdown and separation, discussing issues of cross cultural communication, family violence and service provision, as well as offering guidelines to facilitate and promote work in this area.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Adolescent sibling conflict
This article looks at a study examining the link between adolescents' experiences of parental favouritism and differences in sibling communication patterns during interactions with their sibling.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Australian family research and policy news
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, this issue featuring reports from our corresponding consultants describing research that falls under the broad sub-headings of indigenous families and children and adolescents.