Family Matters article Feb 2007
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Protecting Indigenous children
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
Property and financial matters upon the breakdown of de facto relationships
This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms
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Practice guide Jul 2013
Programs to improve interpersonal safety in Indigenous communities
This issue paper reviews the effectiveness of programs that address community safety in either Indigenous or non-Indigenous settings.
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Webinar Apr 2015
Practice based best evidence: What evidence base counts when evaluating good practice in program delivery?
This webinar reflected on the experiences of the FAST program in the NT to explore what counts as good practice in Indigenous community programs.
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Family Matters article Mar 2011
Post-separation parenting arrangements
Family Matters article on post-separation parenting agreements
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Family Matters article Dec 2012
Post-separation parenting and Indigenous families
The main purpose of this paper is to use Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to provide information on the post-separation arrangements of Indigenous households.
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Practice guide Jul 2014
Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people
Reviews the research literature to identify the school-based factors that contribute to an effective learning environment.
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Media release Dec 2017
Pornography shaping young people's sexual experience
Just under half of all Australian children aged 9-16 years old have viewed pornography, with potentially negative impacts on their attitudes to sex, sexuality and relationships, according to a discussion paper released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Placed-based approaches to addressing disadvantage
Drawing on two examples, namely the impact of scale and population mobility, this paper argues there is a need to ensure that the approaches used to identify and track changes in areas of concentrated disadvantage are very closely aligned to any potential policy response.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Picking up the pieces
This article is a literature review of research regarding the responses of individuals, families and communities to catastrophic events.