Research report Feb 1992
Adoption law in Australia
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This document briefly outlines changes to the adoption scene in Australia in recent years
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Research report Feb 1992
This document briefly outlines changes to the adoption scene in Australia in recent years
Family Matters article Apr 2008
This article describes the history and development of the Parenting Orders Program in Australia, and discusses the findings of an evaluation of one of these programs.
Research report Dec 1989
This report provides summary information on the data contained on the first of the tapes to be provided with registration information up to March 1989
Research report Mar 2010
Looks at data from over 5,000 time use diaries of 4-5 year old children collected in the first wave (2004) of the Growing Up in Australia study
Family Matters article Jun 2005
This article summarises key findings from a study of public attitudes to child support by the Australian Institute of Family Studies helping the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support in its review of the Child Support Scheme.
Research report Feb 1989
This paper briefly reviews several public opinion polls conducted to gauge public attitudes to the Child Support Scheme.
Family Matters article Sep 1995
This article looks at the history and current status of Australia's Child Support scheme, considering issues such as collection rate, collection enforcement, delivery of payments, split between bureaucracies, client relations, discrimination against Stage One children, and discrimination against non-custodial parents.
Family Matters article Dec 1993
An Indonesian psychologist now studying in Canberra, presents her views on Australian families, asserting that contrary to Indonesian beliefs about western families, Australians put a high value on children.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
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.
Research report Nov 2013
This paper explores the characteristics of employed and non-employed mothers, to identify the factors that contribute to differing employment levels