Family Matters article May 1993
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
Childhood in its social context
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
Children's voices, adults' choices
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Caring families
In this article a brief overview is presented of the Institute's book 'Who helps: support networks and social policy in Australia', and of the implications of some of the findings.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Stepfathers in children's lives
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Families and young people in Australia
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Living day to day
The paper examines the effects of the recession on 54 families with at least one unemployed member and a low income or families who were experiencing severe economic hardship for some other reason such as a substantial decline in the income of self-employed people.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Ageing: Everybody's future
This article suggests that while the ageing of Australia is often regarded with trepidation as social planners try to implement health and welfare policies that will adequately provide for the next century's elderly, the potential advantages of there being more old people far outweigh the perceived drain on resources and that the ageing population promises a spreading pool of competence and human help to be drawn upon with enthusiasm.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Cycles of care
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Valuing children and parents
this paper discusses the Institute's plans to develop a series of family policy position papers that may serve as a basis for Australia-wide discussion on whether family life is valued sufficiently in public policies and programs, and two documents that may serve as a starting point for those position papers.