Family Matters article Sep 1997
Australian Family Research and Policy News
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This column is designed to keep readers informed of contemporary developments that matter to families.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
This column is designed to keep readers informed of contemporary developments that matter to families.
Family Matters article Jun 1997
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, this issue featuring reports from our corresponding consultants describing research that falls under the broad sub-headings of indigenous families and children and adolescents.
Family Matters article Jun 1997
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article presents two views of the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Fifth Australian Family Research Conference: one looking at the nature of family studies, another summarising some of the themes introduced by keynote speakers at the conference, including policy research and policy development, corporate responsibility and the family, and economic restructuring and family living standards, and how they were developed in a range of papers.
Family Matters article Aug 1994
This article presents a roundup of some of the various themes and programs that have unfolded nationally and at the state level for International Year of the Family.
Family Matters article Mar 1995
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article briefly describes a new draw on data collected to explore how family and community life changed in Newtown between 1966 and 1991.
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article provides an overview of research into child protection in the United Kingdom, and looks at issues such as definitions of child abuse, setting thresholds for abuse and intervention, numbers of children at risk of abuse and numbers of children referred into the child protection process.
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article examines the child protection system in Victoria in relation to reporting rates, outcomes, service design, types of abuse being notified and who is notifying.
Family Matters article Mar 1995