Family Matters articles from September 2004

Family Matters archives from September 2004

New research advisor for institute.(Acting Director's report)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... I am pleased to announce that Dr Alison Morehead has accepted the position of Senior Research Advisor at the Australian Institute of Family Studies following the return of former Research Advisor, Professor David de Vaus, to full-time...

Farewell to Matthew Gray.(Acting Director's report)(Institute's Family and Society)
September 22, 2004... On 30 April 2004 we were sorry to farewell Dr Matthew Gray who is returning to Canberra to take up an appointment as a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University in Canberra....

Institute hosts US expert on families.(Acting Director's report)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... On 13 April 2004, the Australian Institute of Family Studies was pleased to host a seminar in Melbourne by Dr Wade Horn, the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, in the United States Government Department of Health and Human...

Landmark study in the field.(Acting Director's report)
September 22, 2004... Following intensive planning and preparation, the large-scale longitudinal study of 5000 infants and 5000 four-year-olds, Growing Up in Australia, has taken to the field. At the time of writing, the team of interviewers has already visited...

Institute conference 2005.(Announcing)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... The Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on 9-11 February 2005. A call for papers, with details of keynote speakers and themes, will be mailed to subscribers in June 2004. Please...

Considering the recommendations of the "joint custody" inquiry.
September 22, 2004... The House of Representative's Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs released its report on its Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements Following Separation late last year. This has ensured that the spotlight of media and...

Children's living arrangements after parental separation.(Trends)
September 22, 2004... Most children live with their mothers after parental separation and little is known about those who live with their fathers. Are they older? Are they boys? What proportion move from living with one parent to the other, and who is more likely...

The attitudes of separated mothers and fathers to 50/50 shared care.
September 22, 2004... The idea that children of separated parents should spend equal time with each parent has generated much debate both in Australia and overseas. But what do separated and divorced parents themselves think about "equal-time" parenting? This...

Legislating for shared parenting: the "joint custody" inquiry makes recommendations for change.(Family Law)
September 22, 2004... After six months of inquiry, the House of Representatives Family and Community Affairs Standing Committee has released its report on child custody arrangements following separation. While stopping short of endorsing contentious measures to...

Father-child contact after separation: profiling five different patterns of care.
September 22, 2004... Much is known about the broad patterns of parenting after separation in Australia. But who does what, and why, is not so well understood. ********** Much continues to be written about the plethora of social ills that appear to be...

Relationships of children in stepfamilies with their non-resident fathers.
September 22, 2004... The number of children living in stepfamilies is increasing. Most of these children have another parent (usually the father) who is not resident in the household but with whom they have some contact. Children's views of the frequency of this...

Children's contact with grandparents after divorce.
September 22, 2004... The recent Australian parliamentary inquiry into "joint custody" flagged the potentially important role that grandparents can play in the lives of their children and grandchildren. This article considers the Inquiry's recommendations in the...

Child support policy in Australia: back to basics?(Commentary)
September 22, 2004... Consistent with its legislative responsibility to investigate factors affecting the well-being of children and families, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has maintained a keen interest in the development and evaluation of...

Growing Up in Australia takes its first steps.
September 22, 2004... Growing Up in Australia is the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. As might be expected for the most complex and large-scale study of its kind undertaken in Australia, it has had a long gestation, but is now in the field. ...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
September 22, 2004... In the article "Family trends: Changing patterns of partnering", published in Family Matters no. 64 (Autumn 2003:10,15), some figures in Table 1 on page 14 require correction. The table reports the percentage of people in various age...

Fatherhood Research.
September 22, 2004... The Engaging Fathers Project at the Family Action Centre has released its Fatherhood Research in Australia Report to make available a description of recent research (1997-2004) on fathers in Australian populations. The report describes...

Growing Up in Australia: the launch of a landmark study.(AIFS Activities)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... The first wave of Growing Up in Australia, the longitudinal study of Australian children, was officially launched by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson, Minister for Family and Community Services, on Sunday 8 February 2004. Despite the...

New Zealand researcher visits AIFS.(AIFS Activities)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... Rob McGee, Associate Professor in public health from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, visited the institute during April-May 2004. Rob has worked for many years on the famous Dunedin longitudinal study which to date has...

Family issues in Canada.(AIFS Activities)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... On 18 February 2004 the Institute was pleased to welcome Carol Harvey, a Professor in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, currently a Visiting Researcher at the University of Sydney, where she...

Institute hosts US expert on families.(AIFS Activities)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... The Australian Institute of Family Studies was pleased to host a visit to Melbourne by Dr Wade Horn, the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, United States Government Department of Health and Human Services. Dr Horn, who was in...

Fatherhood and family policy.(AIFS Activities)
September 22, 2004... On 14 April 2004 the Institute was pleased to welcome Michael Flood, a Research Fellow at the Australia Institute in Canberra. Michael presented an informal lunchtime seminar for Institute staff that explored contemporary contestations of...

Aggression and social relationships.(AIFS Activities)
September 22, 2004... On 17 March 2004 the Institute was pleased to welcome Debra J. Pepler, Director of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution, at York University in Toronto, Canada. Debra presented an informal lunchtime seminar...

AIFS staff farewell colleague.(AIFS Activities)(Australian Institute's Family and Society)
September 22, 2004... Dr Matthew Gray, a Principal Research Fellow responsible for the Institute's Family and Society research program, was farewelled in great style at a gathering of his colleagues at the Institute on 22 April 2004. Acting Director Ann...

More child care research.(AIFS Activities)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Charles Sturt University)(Macquarie University)
September 22, 2004... With research partners Macquarie University and Charles Sturt University, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has been successful in gaining around two million dollars from the New South Wales Department of Community Services to fund...

AIFS seminars 2004.(Australia Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2004... In 2004 the Australia Institute of Family Studies continues its series of public seminars presenting contemporary research on national and international issues related to the family. The Kuninjku hybrid economy: Continuity and change in...

Children of parents with mental illness 2: Personal and clinical perspectives.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Children of parents with mental illness 2: Personal and clinical perspectives, Edited by Vicki Cowling, ACER Press, Melbourne, 2004. Price: $34.95 This is a companion book to the 1999 volume Children of parents with a mental illness....

Creative therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Creative therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse, by Kate Oilier and Angela Hobday, ACER Press, Melbourne, 2004. Price: $34.95 This book provides an introduction to therapeutic work with adolescents who have been sexually...

Supporting families: Child protection in the community.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Supporting families: Child protection in the community, by Ruth Gardner, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2003. This book is the result of a two-year evaluation study of the content and effectiveness of family support services provided by...

Eleven plus: Life chances and family income.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Eleven plus: Life chances and family income, by Janet Taylor and Alex Fraser, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne, 2003. Price: $20.00. Eleven Plus is the seventh book in the series reporting the findings of the Brotherhood's Life...

Fatherhood and Fatherlessness.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Fatherhood and fatherlessness, by Michael Flood, The Australia Institute, Canberra, 2003. This paper examines some of the current debates occurring around families and parenting in Australia, especially as they relate to fathers....

Focus on Fathering.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Focus on fathering, Edited by Robin Sullivan, ACER Press, Melbourne, 2003. Price: $29.95 This collection of papers was drawn from a Forum on Fathering organised by the Queensland Commission for Children and Young People in 2001. The...

The state of the world's children 2004.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... The state of the world's children 2004, by Carol Bellamy, UNICEF New York, 2003. The 2004 edition of this annual UNICEF publication focuses on the education and development of girls. It argues that universal education is possible, and...

The Blackwell companion to the sociology of families.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... The Blackwell companion to the sociology of families, Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas and Martin Richards, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2004. This substantial volume contains 28 original essays on varying aspects of the...

Grandparenting in Divorced Families.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Grandparenting in divorced families Neil Ferguson with Gillian Douglas, Nigel Lowe, Mervyn Murch and Margaret Robinson, Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 2004 So often, divorce research focuses on parents and children without examining the...

Conferences.(Calendar)
September 22, 2004... This short selection of forthcoming family-related conferences is taken from the Australian Institute of Family Studies Internet listing, which is updated weekly. For the complete, up-to-date list, refer to www.aifs.gov.au/institute/conf ...

Fathers working long hours.(Publications)(Long Work Hours and the Wellbeing of Fathers and Their Families)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Long work hours and the wellbeing of fathers and their families, by Ruth Weston, Matthew Gray, Lixia Qu and David Stanton, AIFS Research Paper No. 35, April 2004. 36 pages. Also available online. The average hours worked by full-time...

The unpaid work of older Australians.(Publications)(Measuring the Value of Unpaid Household, Caring and Voluntary Work of Older Australians)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Measuring the value of unpaid household, caring and voluntary work of older Australians, by David de Vaus, Matthew Gray and David Stanton, AIFS Research Paper No. 34, November 2003. 32 pages. Also available online. As the populations in...