Short article Oct 2020
Suicidality and help seeking in Australian young people
This short article presents research on young people’s suicidal and help-seeking behaviour with implications for practitioners supporting young people.
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Short article Oct 2020
This short article presents research on young people’s suicidal and help-seeking behaviour with implications for practitioners supporting young people.
Short article Mar 2016
We recently spoke with Professor Sue Dyson about respectful relationships education, and its role in preventing domestic and family violence.
Short article Jul 2016
How many children are in the child protection system? How can we improve the system's response to these children and their families?
Family Matters article Oct 2014
This opinion piece calls for for more - and better - research on ageing in Australia
Family Matters article Oct 2009
This paper uses data from the Australian General Social Survey, 2006, and the Australian Time Use Survey, 2006 and finds that retired men spend less time with family and friends outside of the household than men who are not retired, while for retired women, the opposite pattern emerges, as they report spending more time with family and friends who live outside of the household compared to women who are not retired.
Research report Nov 2016
Examines the views of Australians about the obligations of parents and their adult children concerning financial and accommodation support.
Research report Jul 2020
The fourth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes to couple relationships from 1980 to today.
Research report Jun 2015
What are the conceptual, policy and practice challenges that the prevention of child sexual abuse presents?
Short article Feb 2023
This short article provides practitioners with the evidence for what works to support young people in out-of-home care who are at risk of suicidality.
Facts and figures Mar 2023
Figures around marriages in Australia: marriage rate, age at first marriage, religious and civil weddings, and more.