Family Matters article Jun 2005
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Commentary
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Attitudes to child support in Australia
This article summarises key findings from a study of public attitudes to child support by the Australian Institute of Family Studies helping the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support in its review of the Child Support Scheme.
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Beliefs about IVF as a personal fallback option
This paper draws on data from the Fertility Decision Making Project to examine views regarding the use of IVF held by men and women in their twenties and thirties who were in a committed relationship.
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Research and evaluation in marriage and relationship education
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
What is commitment?
In this article the authors discuss the findings of a small qualitative New Zealand study that examined the accounts of married and cohabiting parents about their views of relationship commitment.
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Time to rethink time?
This article re-examines the notion of time in the context of post-separation parenting.
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Family Matters article Sep 2005
What Australians think about parental responsibilities
The author describes a current study of the Australian Institute of Family Studies commissioned by the Attorney General's Department to evaluate the impact of Imminent changes to family law, set out in the Family Law Reform Act No.1 (Children), which will alter the way the law talks about parental responsibilities for their children after separation.
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Policy and practice paper Nov 2005
The recruitment, retention, and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster carers
Examines the recruitment, retention, training, assessment and support of Aboriginal and Torres people caring for children removed from their parents
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Policy and practice paper Nov 2005
Indigenous community development projects
This evaluation is focused on early learnings from Indigenous community development projects
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Research report Nov 2005
Patterns and precursors of adolescent antisocial behaviour: Outcomes and connections
The third report from the collaborative partnership between the Australian Institute of Family Studies and Crime Prevention Victoria