Family Matters article Jun 2008
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Work and family responsibilities through life
This article provides a snapshot of paid employment and working hours through life, charting the way people juggle work and family responsibilities across their life stage transitions.
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Research report Jul 2008
Timing of mothers' return to work after childbearing
This paper presents Australian research on how different factors relate to the timing of women's return to work after having a child
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
Work and family balance
This article provides an overview of the articles featured in this edition of Family Matters, which focus on issues of balancing work and family, as well as papers on protecting and promoting children’s wellbeing.
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
Matching work and family commitments
Family Matters article on Australian outcomes in matching work and family commitments
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
Breastfeeding, employment and leave
This article explores the relationship between breastfeeding and employment, with a focus given to the fact that some women do manage to combine employment and breastfeeding—a return to work does not always result in a stop to breastfeeding.
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
What kinds of jobs help carers combine care and employment?
This paper provides information about what job characteristics promote or inhibit maintaining employment while caring.
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
History of social security in Australia
Family Matters article on the history of social security in Australia
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2008
Improving outcomes for children living in families with parental substance misuse: What do we know and what should we do
An overview of the research literature on the outcomes of children raised in families with multiple problems including parental substance misuse.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
Integrating strategies for delivering evidence informed practice
Draws substantially from the Research Use in Australian Child and Family Welfare project