Family Matters article Sep 1996
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Family law reforms and attitudes to parental responsibility
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Meeting the support needs of families with dependent children where the parent has a mental illness
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
The poverty of housing policy: Newtown 1966 and 1991
In this third article from the Newtown Revisited Project, the authors examine how the outcomes of housing policy decisions between 1966 and 1991 have impacted on the lives of Newtown families.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Submission May 2008
Inquiry into Children and Young People 9-14 Years in NSW
Submission to Committee on Children and Young People, NSW Parliament Inquiry.
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Submission Oct 2009
Inquiry into the impact of violence on young Australians
Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth.
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
Children and parenting
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
A history of child protection
This article gives an overview of the development of child protection and efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, highlighting the cyclical nature of the evolution of child protection services and noting that many of the current approaches have been tried a number of times over the last 150 years and look likely to be re-applied in the next few decades.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
Opinion - The challenge of caring for children
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
A framework for responding to vulnerable children and their families
Continuing previous research (1999) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies on the outcomes of the UK 'Looking After Children' approach in out of home care in Victoria, the author discusses the value of the UK Children in Need assessment framework for Victorian Family Services.