Facts and figures Mar 2022
Births in Australia
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
Facts and figures Mar 2022
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
Research report Jun 2009
Analyses infants' time use according to breastfeeding status in order to inform the debate about how breastfeeding leads to improved child outcomes
Family Matters article Sep 1995
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
Webinar Jul 2016
This webinar told the story of two organisations that worked in partnership to establish good practice in evaluating service delivery.
Webinar Feb 2019
This webinar discussed an approach to building coping strategies for parents and young children, with a focus on families from CALD backgrounds.
Research report Jan 1984
Great concern has been expressed in recent times that the family 'as we know it' is rapidly disappearing.
Family Matters article Mar 2011
This article examines four issues: the prevalence of different care-time arrangements in families that experienced parental separation after July 2006; parents' views about the flexibility and workability of their arrangements; characteristics of families with different care-time arrangements; and the strength of the relationship between child wellbeing on the one hand, and care-time arrangements and family dynamics on the other.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
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.
Short article Apr 2018
Research by Interrelate explored client pathways through the family dispute resolution process to better understand their clients' outcomes and needs.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.