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Director's report.(Australian Institute of Family Studies)

Family Matters

| March 22, 2009 | Hayes, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2009 Australian Institute of Family Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In November, I had a valuable opportunity to participate in a series of meetings in London, Paris and Oslo. In London, the impacts of the global financial crisis were starkly evident in the daily media projections of growing unemployment, potentially estimated to reach over 3 million, a figure not unlike that of the UK recession in the 1980s. The likely duration of the effects also seemed to be revised daily, with some commentators speculating that it might take a decade for the UK economy to recover fully. Not surprisingly, the impacts on children, families and communities were prominent concerns. For Australia, this is a time of great uncertainty. If the impacts of ...

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