Family Matters article Dec 1993
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parenting resources in one and two parent families
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
The development of competence
This article on child development examines the nature of true intelligence, the elements of the growth of competence and how we might better stimulate the development of a child's many intelligences.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parental involvement in reading with children and television viewing in the first five years
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Research report Dec 1993
In search of poverty and affluence: An investigation of families living in two Melbourne municipalities
Draws on data from a three year study of living standards of Australian families in 12 localities which reflect varying socio-economic settings.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Child support
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
The rights of indigenous peoples in the International Year of the Family
This article, the second of four papers focusing on disadvantaged families in this issue of 'Family Matters', begins by examining the historical relationship between the state and indigenous peoples of Australia.
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Family Matters article Aug 1994
Aboriginal young people and youth subcultures
This paper draws on the preliminary findings of an ethnographic study investigating how Nyungar young people living in a southern metropolitan region of Perth articulate their everyday experiences of the nexus between substance use and the police.
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Family Matters article Aug 1994
Young people and new income support measures
This article describes the policy measures in the Federal Government's May 1994 White Paper 'Working Nation' as they affect young people in terms of labour market prospects and their meaning for young people's transitions to independence.
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey 1994