Family Matters article Sep 1997
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Turning to Father
In this article the author discusses the extent to which teenagers confide in their fathers, mothers and friends, and whether confiding in fathers is independently linked with the well being of teenagers.
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Changes in child support
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
The next generation
The author reports on what happens to the children of Australia's growing non-English speaking migrant population that has been particularly disadvantaged in terms of access to information and participation in the broader community.
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Family Matters article Aug 1994
Youth and ethnicity
This article considers problems of definition, with particular focus on the way the identities of young people from non-English-speaking backgrounds were constructed during the period of assimilation and later under multiculturalism.
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
Children's rights in family law disputes
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
Changes at the heart of family housholds
This article looks at results from the first ever national survey of time use, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1992, a new information resource which provides information about the unpaid work that takes place at home.
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Family Matters article Jun 1995
New Forward Research Program for Institute
This article reports on the Australian Institute of Family Studies research program for the next three years.
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Family Matters article Sep 2005
What Australians think about parental responsibilities
The author describes a current study of the Australian Institute of Family Studies commissioned by the Attorney General's Department to evaluate the impact of Imminent changes to family law, set out in the Family Law Reform Act No.1 (Children), which will alter the way the law talks about parental responsibilities for their children after separation.