Family Matters article Dec 1993
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Short article Dec 2018
Health and wellbeing of children and young people in Tasmania
We highlight key findings of a recent report on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Tasmania.
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Policy and practice paper Oct 2012
Good and innovative practice in service delivery to vulnerable and disadvantaged families and children
This paper is an overview of an analysis of the Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Client Access Strategies
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
Geographies of exclusion
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Media release Sep 2017
Full pokies ‘pre-commitment systems’ needed
Australians need the protection of full ‘pre-commitment systems’ to reduce the financial and social harm from poker machines, according to a discussion paper released today by the Australian Gambling Research Centre. Eight per cent of the Australian adult population – or 1.4million people – experience some degree of gambling problem. Of these almost half are moderate or high risk gamblers, with poker machines the most harmful form of gambling in Australia.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2014
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Current issues in awareness, prevention and intervention
This paper reviews the research and current policy surrounding prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
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Short article Oct 2018
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A national diagnostic tool and a guide to its use
We provide an overview of the national diagnostic tool and a guide to its use for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Family Matters article Jun 1995
Family networks in rural and urban setting
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Research report May 2003
Family change and community life
This paper explores whether there is a link between changes in family life and community social capital, and the nature of any such link.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family and place
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.