Research report Jul 2004
Parent-child contact and post-separation parenting arrangements
The report presents qualitative data from a series of ten focus groups which formed the Parent-Child Contact Study
Research report Jul 2004
The report presents qualitative data from a series of ten focus groups which formed the Parent-Child Contact Study
Research report Jun 2005
This report presents a snapshot of contemporary attitudes to child support in Australia
Research report May 2007
Examines the prevalence and nature of allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children's proceedings filed in 2003.
Research report Dec 2003
This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.
Facts and figures May 2019
This factsheet shows that more young people are choosing to stay at home and live with their parents into their early adulthood.
Commissioned report Dec 2010
Examinees the pathways that separating families have taken through the family law system and the impacts of changes to the family law system.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
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.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
This article explores mothers' experiences with the child support scheme in Australia, highlighting how interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support (DHS-CS) agency can facilitate or undermine the receipt of child support.
Family Matters article Nov 2016
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.
Family Matters article Aug 1993
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.