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Many Indigenous organisations in urban, rural and remote areas are successfully managing a broad range of programs and services for their communities. This paper reviews available literature on Indigenous community-managed programs and organisations and summarises what is working in successful...

Refugee and newly arrived migrant youth can face additional complexities when negotiating adolescence, compared to their Australian-born peers.  

  This article critiques the methods by which courts commonly hear children’s views in family law disputes, and advocates the more direct approach of meetings between judges and children in the presence of a family consultant. Such meetings can give judges a better understanding of the needs and...

  A report prepared for the Australian Government's Office of the Status of Women by Access Economics Pty Ltd, funded by the Australian Government under Partnerships Against Domestic Violence.      

  This article reports on the findings from the first stage of a research project that is exploring whether it is possible to create a decision-making framework for children's matters that is structurally simply, responsive to children's developmental needs, and capable of application by each of...