Research report Jul 1980
The family and the pre-school child
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
Research report Jul 1980
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
Research report Apr 1983
Child care services are among the most effective support services that governments can provide for families.
Research report Sep 1983
Submission to the Victorian Government Committee of Review of Early Childhood Services, September 1983
Research report Jan 1987
AIFS response to the government's discussion paper 'Child support: a discussion paper on child maintenance'.
Research report Feb 1989
This paper briefly reviews several public opinion polls conducted to gauge public attitudes to the Child Support Scheme.
Research report Aug 1989
This report focuses on the financial support of children and some associated family and economic circumstances.
Family Matters article Nov 1990
This article examines how many mothers use child health services in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, their ethnic and working background, their views of child health services and a brief history of child health services in Australia.
Family Matters article Nov 1990
Family Matters article Apr 1991
This article discusses preliminary inquiries to inner city centres indicating that there continues to be a shortage of places to meet the needs of parents who live and work in the inner city and that the issue is one of overall supply, not just of geographical distribution of child care places.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
Information is provided here about the Caregivers National Group Leader Training Project, a project to support family caregivers by training people to set up and guide community support groups.