Family Matters article Sep 1998
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Family Matters article Sep 1998
Targeting at risk families
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Family Matters article Jun 1998
Child abuse prevention: NSW framework
This article discusses the launch of the new NSW Child Abuse Prevention Framework, designed to help policy and decision makers develop comprehensive plans to prevent child abuse and neglect.
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Family Matters article Jun 2009
Indigenous social exclusion
Family Matters article on insights into the concept of social exclusion
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
"Think child, think family"
This article suggests it is vital to tap potential of the powerful evidence that now exists on the serious immediate and long-term risks posed to children from parental substance dependence, mental health problems and domestic violence, and the high prevalence of such problems among families involved with statutory child protection systems.
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
A half-hearted defence of the CDEP scheme
This paper updates the Office of Evaluation and Audit 1997 report that evaluated the The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme developed as a response to the perceived social threat of "sit-down money" to Indigenous communities in the 1970s.
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
Enhancing service systems for protecting children
Family Matters article on child protection reform in Australia
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Family Matters article Apr 2008
Some aspects of the early history of child protection in Australia
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
That elusive but essential element beyond sound legislation, policy and theoretical perspectives
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Family Matters article Feb 2007
Viewpoint: Family issues for Indigenous Australians
The article shares the National Indigenous Council's views on how to improve outcomes for Indigenous early childhood development, to describe the context that shapes the experiences and outcomes for many Indigenous children, and to outline the risks of not addressing the underlying factors, then concludes with a brief overview of research that aims to identify how positive pathways for Indigenous children can be better understood and replicated.