Policy and practice paper Jun 2012
Parental separation from an adolescent perspective: What do they say?
Examines the importance of listening to the perspectives of young people on their experiences of parental separation.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2012
Examines the importance of listening to the perspectives of young people on their experiences of parental separation.
Short article Jun 2017
In the context of rising housing costs and financial stress, parental separation in low-income families can trigger greater risk of homelessness.
Short article Sep 2018
A new study exploring the meaning of home for children and young people after separation aims to inform living arrangements that work for them.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This paper examines the long term social and economic outcomes for children of divorced families as they enter into adulthood, and discusses the intergenerational patterns of divorce and parent child relationships after divorce.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
Family Matters article Mar 2016
This article explores mothers' experiences with the child support scheme in Australia, highlighting how interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support (DHS-CS) agency can facilitate or undermine the receipt of child support.
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article provides an overview of papers presented, and of debate around reform of the welfare and social security systems at the forefront of political debate in many western nations, including Australia.
Family Matters article Sep 1999
In this paper, the author criticises and evaluates Lawrence Mead's 'Welfare reform and the family', and offers a British perspective on welfare dependency and economic opportunity.
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article considers whether Britain and Australia will eventually have to ask the same tough question that the US has faced: do we want to defend the right of lone parents to choose not to work, or do we really want to reduce the levels of welfare dependency?
Family Matters article Jun 1999
This article sets out to show why proposed changes to rules of the of the Family Law Act governing property settlement in divorce, currently being considered by the Attorney-General's department, are so contentious.