Family Matters article May 2010
Child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters article on mothers who are liable to pay child support
Family Matters article Dec 2011
This paper reviews some of the recent research that has analysed the outcomes of child maltreatment as seen through the lens of the disciplines of neuroscience, psychopathology, traumatology and related fields.
Family Matters article Dec 2011
Family Matters article on childhood trauma and directions for clinical interventions
Family Matters article Apr 1994
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article is the third of three articles which examine family violence and abuse, an issue identified as a priority issue by the National Council for the International Year of the Family.
Family Matters article Dec 1991
This article suggests that while the ageing of Australia is often regarded with trepidation as social planners try to implement health and welfare policies that will adequately provide for the next century's elderly, the potential advantages of there being more old people far outweigh the perceived drain on resources and that the ageing population promises a spreading pool of competence and human help to be drawn upon with enthusiasm.
Practice guide Feb 2014
Paper aims to provide an overview of complex trauma as a concept for classifying a varying range of symptomatology.
Practice guide Sep 2007
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Research snapshot Mar 2011
Report for National Families Week 2011 draws on recent statistics to provide a picture of selected aspects of Australian families in 2011