Family Matters article Apr 1997
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News from the Family Court
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Exploring links between schools and families
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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 Dec 2014
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Entering adolescence and becoming a young adult
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Family Matters article Dec 2014
Introducing Growing Up in Australia's Child Health CheckPoint
A physical and biomarkers module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Doing gender overnight?
The first aim of this paper is to establish whether and how the number of young children people have and the age of their youngest child are associated with the quantity and quality of their sleep.
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Family Matters article Nov 2016
The Family Law DOORS
This article addresses criticisms of the Family Law DOORS (FL-DOORS) whole-of-family risk screening tool designed for use across the family law sector, following on from an earlier evaluation study by the Australian Institute for Family Studies that claimed only limited take-up of the tool, and presents new evidence on current use of and research with the FL-DOORS, referring to data from over 7,200 cases.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Woorabinda Aboriginal Council
This article describes some of the Community Development Employment Projects Scheme (CDEP) work initiatives taking place in Woorabinda, a thriving remote Aboriginal community about 170 km south-west of Rockhampton in Queensland's central highlands.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Aboriginal families and ATSIC
This paper begins by presenting statistics on Aboriginal families derived from the 1986 Census, then discusses how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is developing a National Family Strategy.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Aboriginal Australians and poverty
The author alerts readers to problems associated with measuring income poverty and argues that definitions used in measuring income amongst white Australians are not always appropriate when measuring income poverty amongst Aborigines.