Short article Feb 2020
Collective trauma is real, and could hamper Australian communities' bushfire recovery
This short article discusses the experience of collective trauma and importance of community connections following natural disasters.
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Short article Feb 2020
This short article discusses the experience of collective trauma and importance of community connections following natural disasters.
Practice guide Mar 2011
A summary of research on social inclusion and the relevance of the concept and its application to family support services.
Practice guide Dec 2015
Outlines the issues around intimate partner violence in LGBTIQ communities and describes implications for practice
Practice guide Oct 2017
This paper explores the development of the collective impact framework and its ability to create population-level change on complex social issues.
Policy and practice paper Aug 2011
Summary of how transport and disadvantage intersect and why some groups are especially vulnerable to transport disadvantage.
Policy and practice paper May 2011
Information on social inclusion and social exclusion and how this impacts upon children and families in Australia.
Webinar Aug 2019
This webinar discussed how practitioners can help children and families navigate the different stages of community trauma.
Commissioned report Nov 2017
This report examines the association between family, neighbourhood and school level disadvantage and children’s cognitive and social outcomes.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Articles in this issue address the interaction of policies, services and institutions, and the vulnerable with the employment prospects of those in out-of-home care; the economic consequences for single-parent families of the changes to the child support and the Welfare-to-Work reforms; and how the Victorian legal system has responded to family violence.
Family Matters article May 2018
This article investigates how public support for the rights of same-sex couples has changed in Australia over the last 10 years, with a comparison of 2005 and 2015 data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.