Family Matters article Aug 1993
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Family services: Counting the cost
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Practice guide Nov 2012
Improving policy and practice responses for men sexually abused in childhood
Suggests that conceptualising and responding to male sexual victimisation as a public health issue, will help to improve community responses to men
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Practice guide Feb 2011
Supporting women from CALD backgrounds who are victim/survivors of sexual violence
This Wrap aims to raise awareness of the circumstances of refugee and immigrant women who are survivors of sexual violence as they establish new lives
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Practice guide Jul 2014
Engaging Indigenous parents in their children's education
Reviews evaluation studies on parental educational engagement in Australia and presents case studies on several programs.
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Practice guide Jul 2014
Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people
Reviews the research literature to identify the school-based factors that contribute to an effective learning environment.
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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.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Legal recognition of Sharia law
This paper examines arguments that have been raised for and against the official recognition of Sharia law and finds that, on balance, the status quo should prevail.
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Research report Sep 1980
Possible directions for an Australian family policy
Argues that the present fragmentation of services, inconsistency in interpretation and application should be replaced by a national family policy
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Research report Oct 1981
Migrant families in Australia
The paper reviews the history of post war migration and the socioeconomic context in which migrants live and work
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Research report Jun 1985
Family formation and ethnicity
This paper uses data from the first-phase survey of the Australian Family Formation Project, a longitudinal survey of Australians aged 18 to 34 years