Family Matters article Sep 1997
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Family Law Conference in Durban: Lessons for Australia?
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Changes in child support
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Turning to Father
In this article the author discusses the extent to which teenagers confide in their fathers, mothers and friends, and whether confiding in fathers is independently linked with the well being of teenagers.
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Exploring Parenthood and Parenting
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Research report Mar 1998
Youth suicide prevention programs and activities
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 Apr 1998
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
Australian Family Research and Policy News
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
History, Myth Making and Young People in a Time of Change
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
About the Growing Up In Cities project
This article outlines the Growing Up in Cities project, an eight country international participatory research project sponsored by the UNESCO - MOST (Management of Social Transformation) program, and describes its goal, which is to document some of the human costs and benefits of economic development.
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
Geographies of exclusion