Resource sheet Jan 2017
Web resources: Culturally and linguistically diverse families
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This page contains selected web resources relating to culturally and linguistically diverse families.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to culturally and linguistically diverse families.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
Family Matters article May 1993
This paper reports on a qualitative study providing first-hand Australian data on children's perceptions of domestic violence and assesses the availability of support services.
Research report Jul 1982
This paper argues, the family, is also the most violent civilian group or institution in our society.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article, the second of three articles focusing on family violence in this issue of Family Matters, examines violence against women in the home.
Research report Jun 1995
The relationship between housing and living standards was addressed in two ways.
Policy and practice paper Dec 1995
Current issues of child sexual abuse, perpetrator characteristics, the "backlash" against child abuse, ritual abuse and prevention initiatives.
Family Matters article Dec 2002
In this article evidence from 21 OECD countries is used to describe the recent trajectory of fertility change in advanced industrialised countries, to identify changes in the nature of the trade-offs between work and family and to establish which family friendly policy measures are most conducive to high levels of fertility.
Media release Nov 2017
Research from the Building a New Life in Australia study indicates that the job prospects of refugees improve the longer they are in Australia.
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article presents survey findings of 185 adults around their views on police intervention in domestic violence situations to explore the level of community support for the enforcement of the criminal process when physical violence against women occurs in the family home.