Policy and practice paper Apr 2012
Is resilience still a useful concept when working with children and young people?
A review of research on resilience, and how resilience is defined, measured and used in practice.
Policy and practice paper Apr 2012
A review of research on resilience, and how resilience is defined, measured and used in practice.
Submission Feb 2009
Health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities.
Submission Mar 2014
Inquiry into grandparents taking primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren.
Submission Jul 2008
The role and contribution of carers and barriers to social and economic participation for carers.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Programs that collaborate with child protection services to enhance culturally relevant responses to child protection issues are profiled.
Family Matters article Feb 2007
Commissioned report Mar 2012
An overview of the research evidence on why Indigenous Australians have much lower employment rates than non-Indigenous Australians.
Research report Dec 1993
Draws on data from a three year study of living standards of Australian families in 12 localities which reflect varying socio-economic settings.
Commissioned report Feb 2014
This paper explores the disparity in participation and attainment by Indigenous Australians in education and training and how it can be addressed.
Short article Oct 2017
We need to collect better data to improve our understanding of how vulnerable children in need become offenders, writes Dr Kath McFarlane.