Family Matters article Sep 1999
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Positive and negative welfare and Australia's indigenous communities
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare reform in Britain, Australia and the United States
This article considers whether Britain and Australia will eventually have to ask the same tough question that the US has faced: do we want to defend the right of lone parents to choose not to work, or do we really want to reduce the levels of welfare dependency?
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare dependency and economic opportunity
In this paper, the author criticises and evaluates Lawrence Mead's 'Welfare reform and the family', and offers a British perspective on welfare dependency and economic opportunity.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare reform and the family
This article provides an overview of papers presented, and of debate around reform of the welfare and social security systems at the forefront of political debate in many western nations, including Australia.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Families, welfare and social policy
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Research report Oct 1999
Youth suicide prevention programs and activities: National stocktake October 1999
This publication was compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Opinion
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Young adult moves
Data from a recent Institute study of young adults are presented in this article to cast light on the transition markers that formerly signalled adulthood and young people's relationship to the processes of leaving and returning home.
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
New employment policies, poverty and mothering
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Research report Apr 2000
Towards a theorised understanding of family life and social capital
The paper defines the concept of social capital and reviews the literature on social capital within and beyond family networks.