Policy and practice paper Jan 2014
Effects of child abuse and neglect for children and adolescents
An overview of the possible effects and adverse consequences of child abuse and neglect for children and adolescents
Policy and practice paper Jan 2014
An overview of the possible effects and adverse consequences of child abuse and neglect for children and adolescents
Short article May 2018
The Family Matters Report 2017 highlights that rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care have worsened over the last 10 years.
Short article May 2018
A recent study found that adults who were abused as children in out-of-home care experienced a range of negative outcomes persisting into later life.
Short article Oct 2018
We provide an overview of the national diagnostic tool and a guide to its use for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to drug and alcohol abuse.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article discusses the trend for more of those women who have children to stay in, or return to, the workforce after the birth of a child or during the early child raising years, and in parallel, the trending decline among young women in the workforce who have the care of dependent children.
Family Matters article Jun 1999
This article sets out to show why proposed changes to rules of the of the Family Law Act governing property settlement in divorce, currently being considered by the Attorney-General's department, are so contentious.
Family Matters article Jun 1998
Family Matters article Jun 2006
Family Matters article Oct 2004