Submission Nov 2009
Submission to the Family Courts Violence Review
Findings from the AIFS research program relevant to areas under consideration by the ALRC.
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Submission Nov 2009
Findings from the AIFS research program relevant to areas under consideration by the ALRC.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Round-up of developments in family law
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters opinion piece on sole-parent families
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on the views of children, parents, lawyers and counsellors on children's participation in family law disputes
Family Matters article Sep 2008
Family Matters article Sep 2008
Family Matters article
Policy and practice paper May 2008
Examines bullying and its impact on young people’s health and wellbeing, and the significance of family relationships in dealing with bullying.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This 'family law update' examines recent developments in Australian family law, mid-way through the phased-in family law system reform period.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This article describes the old adversarial system of the the Family Law Act, prior to the 2006 amendments; judicial decision making; previous, smaller changes to children's cases; the development of the Children's Cases Program, a pilot program run by the Family Court in New South Wales; and less adversarial principles and duties under the new legislation.