Practice guide Jul 2011
What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage
This paper provides policy makers with key findings about what works to improve Indigenous people’s lives and assesses the gaps in the evidence.
Practice guide Jul 2011
This paper provides policy makers with key findings about what works to improve Indigenous people’s lives and assesses the gaps in the evidence.
Family Matters article Apr 2011
Family Matters article on UK family policy
Practice guide Jun 2010
Summarises current knowledge on best practice in child protection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Family Matters article May 2010
This paper reports some key findings from a recent study that explored how children’s participation is understood and facilitated in one Family Relationship Centre (FRC).
Policy and practice paper Mar 2010
Examines the literature regarding adolescent-parent relationships, and the evidence for family involvement in interventions to address problems.
Policy and practice paper Oct 2009
A review of research and its application to family relationship services
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on insights into the concept of social exclusion
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on the views of children, parents, lawyers and counsellors on children's participation in family law disputes
Policy and practice paper Mar 2009
Examines the role of pro-relationship behaviours, specifically forgiveness and sacrifice, in repairing and maintaining couple relationships.
Family Matters article Mar 2009
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.