Staff papers and presentations

Recent presentations by AIFS staff are listed below with links to abstracts, the complete paper, or slides from powerpoint presentations.

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2008

Baxter, J. (2008, 1–3 December). Parental time with children: Do job characteristics make a difference (PDF 6.5 MB). Paper presented at the 30th annual conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Sydney.
Baxter, J. & Gray, M. (2008, 19-21 June). Parents who don’t use childcare: who provides the care in working couple families with infants? (PDF 2.1 MB) Paper presented at the 17th annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics, Torino, Italy.
Behrens, J., Smyth, B., & Kaspiew, R. (2008, 18 April). Preliminary results from the experiences of parents after family court decisions about relocation. “Relocation Disputes in Australia: What Do We Know and What are the Implications for Policy?” Symposium, ANU, Canberra.
Boyd, C. (2008, 26 February). Presentation to the Child Safety Research Forum, Queensland Child Safety Department, Brisbane.
Bromfield, L. M. (2008, 23-25 May). Ethical responses for vulnerable children and families (PDF 994 KB). Third National Conference for the Australian College for Child and Family Protection Practitioners, Adelaide.
Bromfield, L. M., & Arney, F. (2008, 17-19 March). Strategies for delivering evidence informed practice: Solutions not problems (PDF 530 KB). “Beyond the Rhetoric: Evidence-Informed Practice” workshop, Dartington Research in Practice, Dartington, UK.
Bromfield, L. M. (2008, 4 March). Promising practice in out-of-home care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their carers. ACWA Conference, Sydney, 4 March 2008.
Gray, M. & Hayes, A. (2008, July). Childcare, outcomes for children and socio-economic disadvantage (PDF 663 KB). Paper presented at the Melbourne Institute Public Economics Forum, Canberra.
Hand, K. & Moloney, L. (2008, 7 November). Evaluation of the family law reforms: Overview & update of activities (PDF 694 KB). Paper presented to the Family Relationship Services Australia Conference, Cairns.
Hayes, A. (2008, 13 November). It’s about time: new insights from Growing Up in Australia for getting it right for families (PDF 1.9 MB). Presentation given by Professor Alan Hayes to the Family and Parenting Institute's PC2008 conference.
Hayes, A. (2008, 17 October). Divided nation? Why educational opportunity is an engine of social inclusion (PDF 3.2 MB). Paper presented at the Sir Harold Wyndham Memorial Lecture, NSW Institute for Educational Research Inc., Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2008, 3 October). Why early childhood is important for social inclusion and mobility (PDF 2.1 MB). Paper presented at the 3 Dimensions of Social Inclusion seminar, ACOSS, Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2008, 3 September). Social Inclusion: From a view of the past to a glimpse of Australia’s future (PDF 1.9 MB). Paper presented at Opportunities not Vulnerabilities: An Australian Agenda for Social Inclusion, Anglicare National Conference 2008, Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2008, 11 April). Not such splendid isolation: Developmental implications of limited opportunities for intimacy (PDF 1.4 MB). Paper presented at Families: broken blended mended, 13th National Family Law Conference, Adelaide.
Higgins, D. J. (2008, 13-15 April). Responding to allegations of child abuse in Family Court proceedings: The Magellan Project. Invited address, “Shared Responsibility in Australian Family Law and the Impact on Children” seminar, Hawke Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Higgins, D. J., Burr, R. K., & Fowler, S. (2008, 29 May). Innovative case management approaches to child abuse allegations. 45th Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Holzer, P. J. (2008, 23-25 May). “Getting research into practice”: Lessons learned from the National Child Protection Clearinghouse. Third National Conference for the Australian College for Child and Family Protection Practitioners, Adelaide.
Kaspiew, R. (2008, 31 March). Overview of the Legislation and Courts Project. Presentation to Chief Justice’s Family Law Forum, Melbourne.
Moloney, L. (2008, 13 June). Family law and parental conflict: Children at the mercy of stories twice told. Keynote address, Newcastle “It’s for the Kids” Pathways Conference, Newcastle.
Morrison, Z. (2008, 26 June). Gender and social exclusion. Social Inclusion Downunder Symposium, Melbourne.
Quadara, A. (2008, 6 May). Sex workers and sexual assault. Key speaker, ACSSA Forum, Brisbane.
Renda, J., Baxter J., and Alexander, M. (2008, 24 November). Mothers’ views on which parental leave policies would be helpful (PDF 1.7 MB). Paper presented at the Parental Leave Forum, Brisbane.
Robinson, E. (2008, 6 November). Strengthening family relationships: Making a difference (PDF 386 KB). Paper presented to the Family Relationship Services Australia Conference, Cairns QLD.
Robinson, E. (2008, 6 November). Sourcing useful data and statistics (PDF 685 KB). Paper presented to the Family Relationship Services Australia Conference, Cairns QLD.
Smart, A., Sanson A., Baxter, J., Edwards B. & Hayes A. (2008, 20 November). Home to school transitions for financially disadvantaged children (PDF 1.2 MB). Paper presented at the launch of the Home to School Transitions Report.
Smart, D. & Vassallo, S. (2008, 10-12 August). Pathways to social and emotional wellbeing: Lessons from a 24-year longitudinal study (PDF 10.5 MB). Invited paper presented at the Australian Council for Educational Research Conference: Touching the future: Building skills for life and work, Brisbane.
Smyth, B., Temple, J., Behrens, J., Kaspiew, R., & Richardson, N. (2008, 18 April). Post-separation geographic mobility in Australia: Some preliminary data on behaviour, disputes and attitudes. “Relocation Disputes in Australia: What Do We Know, and What are the Implications for Family Law and Policy?” symposium, ANU, Canberra.
Temple, J., Smyth, B., & Kaspiew, R. (2008, 18 April). Legal context and the demography of relocation. “Relocation disputes in Australia: What Do We Know and What are the Implications for Policy?” Symposium, ANU, Canberra.
Weston R., & Gray, M. (2008, 7 September). Overview of the Institute’s research relating to family law issues, including the evaluation of the family law evaluation project. Presentation to Chief Justice’s Family Law Forum, Melbourne.