Family Matters article May 2004
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Child support policy in Australia
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Practice guide Mar 2004
Just "keeping the peace"
This paper deals with the issue of sexual violence by men against their female partners.
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Shared parenting
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Bargaining over children
This article suggests that rather than endorse pre-emptive assumptions about family structure, the current Parliamentary Inquiry into a 'rebuttable presumption' of 50:50 residency should begin with the child's interests and work outwards
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Lesbian parenting
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
When the difference is day and night
This article considers one important dimension of research into post-separation parent child contact that has attracted little attention to date: day-only contact versus overnight stays.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2002
Preventing child abuse: Changes to family support in the 21st century
Examines the development and provision of family support that helps to prevent child abuse and family violence.
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Policy and practice paper May 2002
Child abuse and family violence in Aboriginal communities
Report to the WA Gordon Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaint of family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Research into parent-child contact after parental separation
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Announcing the Institute's conference 2003
This paper lays out the themes and content for The Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, declaring it will provide a valuable forum for those interested or involved in family research, family policy, or providing services to families in Australia.