Family Matters article Apr 1994
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
The Value of Care and Nurture Provided by Unpaid Household Work
This paper examines what we now know about the place of unpaid household work in the economy, uses internationally comparable survey data to estimate the relative magnitudes of the millions of hours of paid, unpaid and total work, puts a dollar value on Gross Household Produce (the value added by unpaid household work), looks more closely at who provides care and nurture in households, and suggests some urgent issues for statistics and policy that we should begin to tackle in 1994.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
International Year of the Family
Having discussed the importance of the family to the individual's development and the difficulties associated with formulating family policy, the author presents summaries of the key articles in this issue of 'Family Matters'.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Achieving a family supportive workplace and community
This article examines the priority issue 'To promote policies which recognise and support the choices which families are making in combining work and family care' identified by the National Council for the International Year of the Family.
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Practice guide Dec 2013
Improving the accessibility of health services in urban and regional settings for Indigenous people
This fact sheet reviews the evidence on what works, what doesn't, and what further research is needed.
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Practice guide Jul 2015
Cultural competency in the delivery of health services for Indigenous people
This paper examines the Australian and international evidence on cultural competence in health care settings.
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Research report Mar 1987
Workers with family responsibilities
This book argues that those who own, manage and structure the places and conditions of employment share some of the broad community's responsibility
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Research report Jul 1983
Work and the family
The paper explores the question - what, in this world of change is to be the relationship between work, family and leisure?
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Research report Dec 1991
Work and Family: Employers' Views
This report summarises the demographic and social changes affecting work and family life.
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Research report Dec 1993
When roles overlap: Workers with family responsibilities
Report of the findings of the Dependent Care Study by AIFS, commissioned by the Work and Family Unit, Department of Industrial Relations.