Family Matters article Dec 1992
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The child's right to know both parents
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Research report Mar 1990
The coalition parties' family tax package
Australian Families Income Transfer (AFIT) Project Bulletin No 7, March 1990.
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Family Matters article Nov 1990
The costs of children: A review of methods and results
In this article the author argues that the cost of a child is not an objective fact but varies according to tastes and preferences and according to the amount of money that parents have to spend on their children.
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Family Matters article Feb 2007
The economic value of harvesting wild resources to the Indigenous community of the Wallis Lake Catchment, NSW
This article provides estimates of the economic benefits derived from the use of wild resources to the Indigenous community of the Wallis Lake catchment in New South Wales.
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Policy and practice paper Apr 2006
The effectiveness of parent education and home visiting child maltreatment prevention programs
This paper investigates the effectiveness of child maltreatment prevention programs.
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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 Nov 2016
The family law implications of early contact between sperm donors and their donor offspring
This article considers the possible family law implications of legislation to ensure that donor-conceived adults can access their donor’s identity.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
The first Australians: Kinship, family and identity
This paper on Aboriginal families and kinship begins by briefly discussing what Aboriginal life was like before 'British invasion' in 1788, then examines current Aboriginal family life and how Aborigines have retained their Aboriginal identity.
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Short article May 2018
The growing over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care
The Family Matters Report 2017 highlights that rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care have worsened over the last 10 years.
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Research report Mar 1983
The income unit in the Australian tax and social security systems
AIFS has published this doctoral dissertation as a contribution to the debate on the economics of the family and the implications for policy.