Family Matters article Sep 2010
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Developmentally sensitive parental contact for infants when families are separated
Family Matters article
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family violence
Family Matters article on the Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms
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Family Matters article Jul 2013
Violence, abuse and the limits of shared parental responsibility
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
Workplace support, breastfeeding and health
This paper aims to identify best-practice strategies for breastfeeding support in the Australian workplace.
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Family Matters article Mar 2011
The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements
This article reports key findings of two national online surveys with adults and children in relation to post-separation parenting, which formed part of larger research commissioned by the Australian Attorney-General into family law and family violence in Australia in 2009.
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Family Matters article Apr 2011
Unfit mothers ... unjust practices?
This article discusses the wealth of material on adoption in Australia, which include historical records, analyses of historical practices, case studies, expert opinions, personal testimony provided to two parliamentary inquiries, but the limited empirical research on the issue of past-adoption practices and its impact on those involved.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Violence against women in the home
This article, the second of three articles focusing on family violence in this issue of Family Matters, examines violence against women in the home.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Supporting people with a disability and their families
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Contact with non-custodial fathers and children's well being