Research report Nov 1999
A framework for future research in premarriage education
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This Briefing gives an overview of the AIFS and Australian Catholic University joint round table discussion on premarriage education.
Research report Nov 1999
This Briefing gives an overview of the AIFS and Australian Catholic University joint round table discussion on premarriage education.
Family Matters article Jun 2001
Continuing previous research (1999) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies on the outcomes of the UK 'Looking After Children' approach in out of home care in Victoria, the author discusses the value of the UK Children in Need assessment framework for Victorian Family Services.
Family Matters article Mar 1996
This article examines the level of success of Medicare in enabling low income families to receive free basic medical care, based on data from the Australian Living Standards Study (ALSS) conducted by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article Sep 2001
This article gives an overview of the development of child protection and efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, highlighting the cyclical nature of the evolution of child protection services and noting that many of the current approaches have been tried a number of times over the last 150 years and look likely to be re-applied in the next few decades.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2008
Discusses the child protection system in Australia, legislation and policy frameworks, child welfare ideology, and key challenges and possible future
Family Matters article Sep 1998
In this article it is the author's thesis that we are at one of those rare moments in history when a conjunction of influences and events provides nations such as Australia with the need and the opportunity to address a range of issues of fundamental importance to their citizens.
Family Matters article Feb 2005
In this article the author summarises the new measures of the 2004 federal budget, described as a families budget, and the media commentary evoked, and asks what these measures might mean in the context of the Government's fourth term agenda.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2009
Explores the issues involved in applying a public health approach together with a human rights perspective to healing and protecting infants.
Webinar Jul 2018
This webinar outlined recent initiatives that promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and self-determination in child protection.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2003
Explores the ease with which families can access child abuse and neglect prevention programs.