Resource sheet Aug 2021
Physical punishment legislation
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Outlines recent research literature and discusses the use and effects of corporal punishment on children
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Resource sheet Aug 2021
Outlines recent research literature and discusses the use and effects of corporal punishment on children
Family Matters article Jun 2015
Family Matters article Jun 2015
Building on the growing consensus that communities are best served by a public health approach to child protection, this article demonstrates that it is possible to identify family environments at a population level that could be the subject of public health interventions.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article on parent-only care
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article about research findings on marriage and relationship education
Family Matters article Apr 2017
Commissioner and Justice Jennifer Coate describes the aims and work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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.
Family Matters article May 2018
This article sets out how the prevention of child maltreatment can be enhanced by a multi-level population-based approach in providing evidence- based parenting and family support.
Submission May 2015
Submission to National Children’s Commissioner based on research conducted by AIFS and ANROWS
Short article Nov 2016
New reports show a lack of care for the cultural needs of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and OOHC.