Family Matters article Mar 1996
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Explaining patterns of urban child care
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Consumer participation for young people in care
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Effects of gender and paid work on grandparenting
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Child care in a caring society
In this discussion of the role of child care services in supporting families in their rearing of children in contemporary Australia, the author argues that it is necessary to balance this perspective by thinking of child care as an investment in children and for children.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Human services: changing language - changing concepts?
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Research report Jun 1999
The UK looking after children approach in Australia
This report argues that the Looking After Children approach may have measurable benefits for child care services in Australia
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Research report Dec 2000
Child care in cultural context
Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Family law update
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2001
Strategic Directions in Child Protection
This document presents the 12 commissioned reports on aspects of child protection service and policy
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Parents' expectations, values and choice of child care