Research report May 2007
Allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children's proceedings
Examines the prevalence and nature of allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children's proceedings filed in 2003.
Research report May 2007
Examines the prevalence and nature of allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children's proceedings filed in 2003.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
In this article, the authors' discuss the key findings of their 2007 report, 'Allegations of family violence and child abuse in child-related disputes in family law proceedings', published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Practice guide Dec 2012
This paper will explore the research on detected female offenders who are also victim/survivors of sexual violence.
Webinar Sep 2015
This webinar described the effects of gambling in Indigenous communities, and discussed a health promotion framework to inform policy and practice.
Media release Dec 2016
Australians believe that parents and their adult children have an obligation to support each other practically and financially, according to research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article Mar 2000
This overview of the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project, which was conceptualised by the late Dr Kathleen Funder, sets out the aims of the project, and provides brief details of the project's three surveys - an 'adult survey', 'children's survey', and a 'violence survey'.
Research report Aug 1989
This report provides a preliminary, mainly tabular view of data collected from a series of mail questionnaires.
Submission Aug 1983
The AIFS submission to the Joint Select Committee Inquiry on Certain Family Law Issues concerns the Child Support Scheme (CSS)
Family Matters article Feb 2005
In this article the author summarises the new measures of the 2004 federal budget, described as a families budget, and the media commentary evoked, and asks what these measures might mean in the context of the Government's fourth term agenda.
Family Matters article Sep 1998
In this article it is the author's thesis that we are at one of those rare moments in history when a conjunction of influences and events provides nations such as Australia with the need and the opportunity to address a range of issues of fundamental importance to their citizens.