Submission Oct 2009
Inquiry into the impact of violence on young Australians
Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth.
Submission Oct 2009
Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth.
Family Matters article May 2010
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on neighbourhood influence's on children's emotional and behavioural problems
Family Matters article May 2010
Drawing on two examples, namely the impact of scale and population mobility, this paper argues there is a need to ensure that the approaches used to identify and track changes in areas of concentrated disadvantage are very closely aligned to any potential policy response.
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).
Family Matters article May 2010
This article is a literature review of research regarding the responses of individuals, families and communities to catastrophic events.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2010
A review of the current research and literature specific to family violence screening and risk assessment.
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article on the Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms
Policy and practice paper Dec 2010
The co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse, and mental health problems