Family Matters article Jun 2001
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Work and welfare: the evolving role of income support
This article discusses how the Australian income support system has adapted to significant changes in the Australian labour market and in the distribution of employment.
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Benefits for children
This article discusses 'Benefits for children: a four country study', a new international study which discusses and compares the child benefit programs of four countries: Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Towards a national partnership for developmental health and wellbeing
This article describes some of the common themes and concerns shared by key researchers in children's health and development at a recent meeting held at the Australian Institute of Family Studies to discuss the formation of a new national Research Partnership for Developmental Health and Wellbeing.
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Family Matters article Jun 2000
Welfare reform in America
This paper considers what welfare means in America, the background problem of poverty, how and why work requirements have become progressively more demanding, and consequences to date of welfare reform.
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Short article Apr 2018
Introducing the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health: A focus for all health and welfare practitioners
The National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health builds workforce capacity to support children at risk of mental health conditions.
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Family Matters article Dec 2012
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
The first decade of life
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Family Matters article Nov 1990
Director's report
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Media release Jul 2015
Making a smooth transition to secondary school
Children who are social, emotionally stable, enjoy going to school and participate in extra curricula activities have the smoothest transition to secondary school, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Media release Aug 2015
Young delinquents - rare but some at greater risk
Early on-set crime and delinquency is relatively rare in Australia but a range of factors may combine to put some children at risk more than others, according to the first national study of criminal involvement among 12 and 13 year olds.