Beyond the bubble wrap: Understanding parents’ fears in allowing their children to play and travel independently, contains the preliminary findings of this research, which suggests that children’s independence was related to parental concerns about safety in general and harm from strangers in...
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This research paper, Domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia: an overview of the issues, updates several previous Parliamentary Library publications on the levels of violence experienced by women in Australia.
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Peeling back the layers: kinship care in Victoria is a research report published by Baptcare in partnership with OzChild and Anchor that examines the complexities of statutory kinship placements in Victoria.
Changes occurring in family life over the last few decades, such as the progressive increase in the number of mothers in the workforce, have changed the way Australian families function.
This paper is based on Views of Adolescents in Separated Families: A Study of Adolescents' Experiences After the 2006 Reforms to the Family Law System(PDF 6.2 MB) (link is external)
In this article Jamie Lee describes learnings from a Universal Mental Health Screening project at Relationships Australia (SA).
A new website, This FIFO Life, has been developed by the Mental Illness Fellowship of Western Australia (MIFWA) to highlight the challenges of the FIFO lifestyle and the strengths and resilience of FIFO workers and their families. According to a media statement by the Government of Western...
The National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey was developed by VicHealth in partnership with The University of Melbourne, the Social Research Centre and experts across Australia, and supported by the Australian Government Department of Social Services as part of the...
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an overview of the evidence available regarding those who abuse children. Identifying common trends from research can help to dispel certain myths and/or beliefs regarding perpetrators of child abuse and neglect. Having a better understanding of those...
