Research snapshot Feb 2012
Past and present adoptions in Australia
Summary of the ways in which adoption currently operates, past adoption practices, and the potential impacts adoption has on those involved.
Research snapshot Feb 2012
Summary of the ways in which adoption currently operates, past adoption practices, and the potential impacts adoption has on those involved.
Media release Feb 2012
Changes to Australia’s adoption rates and practices are drawn together in a new detailed facts sheet released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Facts and figures Feb 2022
The latest figures around divorces in Australia: divorce rate, duration of marriage at divorce, and the extent to which divorces involved children.
Research report Oct 2010
This report analyses the effect of receipt of child support payments on the labour supply of resident mothers.
Media release Mar 2019
Women are more likely to initiate divorce, but also more likely to suffer financially from it.
Webinar Apr 2017
This webinar explored the information and skills needed for practitioners to work effectively with gender diverse young people and their families.
Webinar May 2019
This webinar discussed recent research on the social and economic benefits of extending care to young people transitioning to adulthood.
Short article Apr 2019
This short article discusses key findings of a project that identified experiences and needs of siblings of children and young people with disability.
Webinar May 2019
This webinar identified the skills and knowledge that practitioners need in order to have child-focused conversations with adults affected by FDV.
Research report May 2014
This AIFS book explore some of the complexities of the child and family issues facing those working in social policy and legal systems