Family Matters article Feb 2006
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Policy and practice paper Apr 2006
The effectiveness of parent education and home visiting child maltreatment prevention programs
This paper investigates the effectiveness of child maltreatment prevention programs.
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Family Matters article Nov 2016
The family law implications of early contact between sperm donors and their donor offspring
This article considers the possible family law implications of legislation to ensure that donor-conceived adults can access their donor’s identity.
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Family Matters article Mar 1996
The fear of attack: Parents' concerns for the safety of their children.
This article describes the concern that parents have about their children being victims of assault if left unsupervised in public.
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Policy and practice paper May 2014
The good practice guide to Child Aware Approaches: Keeping children safe and well
Child Aware Approaches is a grassroots initiative to develop local approaches, actions and initiatives to keep children safe and well.
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Short article May 2018
The growing over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care
The Family Matters Report 2017 highlights that rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care have worsened over the last 10 years.
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Webinar Dec 2013
The nuts and bolts of program evaluation
This webinar gives a guaranteed, easy-to-understand "nuts and bolts" overview of evaluation.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
The private costs of children in 1993-94
This article by researchers from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, follows up two previously published papers calculating new sets of estimates of the cost of raising children based on two different methodological approaches.
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Short article Sep 2017
The transition from out-of-home care and offending behaviours
Young people leaving care have specific needs and are at greater risk of contact with the justice system.
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Policy and practice paper Nov 2011
Therapeutic residential care in Australia: Taking stock and looking forward
In this Issues Paper, therapeutic residential care is described and contrasted with other models of out-of-home care.