Family Matters article Apr 1992
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Stepfathers in children's lives
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Trapped in poverty
Using data from the Institute of Family Studies' Parents and Children after Marriage Breakdown study, the author examines the difficulties sole mothers encounter when they attempt to escape poverty by finding paid work.
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
What's new in family law?
This article examines the content and implications of the decision made in the case of In re Marion (1991) FLC 92-193, which considered the rights and responsibilities of the parents of an intellectually disabled teenage girl.
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Caring families
In this article a brief overview is presented of the Institute's book 'Who helps: support networks and social policy in Australia', and of the implications of some of the findings.
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Work and family values, preferences and practice
This article considers innovations in the organised care of both children and elderly family members during working hours for workers with family responsibilities.
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Capital gains and locational disadvantage
This article draws on house price data for the period 1974 to 1990 in each local government area in the Melbourne Statistical District, and asks whether house price increases simply reflect inflation, or if families who are home owners and buyers gain in wealth through their home ownership.
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Families in unemployment
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Research report Oct 1992
Report of stage one of the ADF Families Mobility and Dislocation study
Study represents part of the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) ongoing commitment to ameliorate family disadvantage arising out of Service requirements
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Research report Oct 1992
Equity and the impact on families of the Australian tax-transfer system
Study is concerned with family policy in Australia, as it operates through the tax-transfer system in the form of tax concessions and cash transfers.
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
What's new in family law?
This article reports on three papers on children's rights and parental responsibilities presented at the fifth National Family Law Conference hosted by the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia in Perth in September 1992.