Family Matters article Sep 2003
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Family and community life
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Shared parenting
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Bargaining over children
This article suggests that rather than endorse pre-emptive assumptions about family structure, the current Parliamentary Inquiry into a 'rebuttable presumption' of 50:50 residency should begin with the child's interests and work outwards
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Family Matters article May 2003
Polarisation of families according to work status
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Family Matters article May 2003
Multiple and severe disadvantage among lone mothers receiving income support
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
When the difference is day and night
This article considers one important dimension of research into post-separation parent child contact that has attracted little attention to date: day-only contact versus overnight stays.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Opinion/Comment
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Announcing the Institute's conference 2003
This paper lays out the themes and content for The Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, declaring it will provide a valuable forum for those interested or involved in family research, family policy, or providing services to families in Australia.
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
The origin of lone-parent concentrations in metropolitan and regional Australia
This article examines patterns of geographic mobility in order to assess whether migration is likely to be the major cause for high lone-parent concentrations in regional areas, or whether such concentrations are largely a consequence of 'home grown' factors.
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Family and social factors underlying the labour force status of Indigenous Australians