Research report Nov 2013
The tyrannies of distance and disadvantage
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This research report investigates whether children in regional areas experience a "tyranny of distance" or a "tyranny of disadvantage".
Research report Nov 2013
This research report investigates whether children in regional areas experience a "tyranny of distance" or a "tyranny of disadvantage".
Policy and practice paper Jun 2002
The merits of using mass media to advocate for children's rights, and raise awareness of and prevent child abuse.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2007
This paper draws substantially from the Research Use in Australian Child and Family Welfare project, funded by the ACCP, Uni SA and NCPC, AIFS
Policy and practice paper Nov 2005
Examines the recruitment, retention, training, assessment and support of Aboriginal and Torres people caring for children removed from their parents
Family Matters article Apr 1991
This article reports on the use of cluster analysis to examine existing data on what sort of families live in suburbs on the outskirts of Sydney and Melbourne, and whether they have jobs and mortgages, and to what extent the fringe areas are similar to each other and different from suburbs closer to the city centre.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
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.
Webinar Dec 2013
This webinar gives a guaranteed, easy-to-understand "nuts and bolts" overview of evaluation.
Family Matters article May 2010
This paper considers place-based approaches to support families and facilitate the development of their children, by summarising the findings from the evaluation of Communities for Children (CfC), an initiative under the Australian Government’s Stronger Familles and Communities Strategy (SFCS).
Research report Mar 1983
AIFS has published this doctoral dissertation as a contribution to the debate on the economics of the family and the implications for policy.
Short article May 2018
The Family Matters Report 2017 highlights that rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care have worsened over the last 10 years.