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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| Kaspiew R | Access to justice: reflections from the AIFS Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms. (PDF 1.1MB) 7 August 2010 Paper presented at the Women Lawyers' Conference, Brisbane Qld |
| Parker R, McDonald M and Higgins J | Challenges in evaluating child and family welfare services. (PDF 512KB) 3 August 2010 Paper presented at the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference, Sydney NSW |
| McDonald M | Innovative methods for engaging disadvantaged families: lessons from Promising Practice Profiles. (PDF 275KB) 2 August 2010 Paper presented at the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference, Sydney NSW |
| Lamont A and Bromfield L | Parental intellectual disability and child protection: key issues. (PDF 972KB) 2 August 2010 Paper presented at the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference, Sydney NSW |
| Kaspiew R | Child protection and family law: context and insights from the 'Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms'. (PDF 859KB) 20 July 2010 Paper presented at the 2nd Family Law System Conference 2010, Canberra |
| Hayes A | Perspectives on the family law system: what do we now know and what can we do to respond? (PDF 3.2MB) 20 July 2010 Paper presented at the 2nd Family Law System Conference 2010, Canberra |
| Hayes A | Mediating in the minefield: family dispute resolution, its prospects and problems. (PDF 1.2MB) 14 July 2010 Paper presented at the Launch of the Research Report 'What about the children? Parenting post separation and divorce', Frankston Vic |
| Quadara A | Contexts of women's sexual revictimisation. (PDF 1MB) 9 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Hunter B, Edwards B and Gray M | Farmers and drought: their financial stress, mental health and relationship distress. (PDF 5.6MB) 9 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Qu L, Weston R, Moloney L and Deblaquiere J | Grandparent-grandchild relationships after parental separation: Findings from the AIFS Family Law Evaluation. (PDF 1.8MB) 9 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Clark H | Victim/survivors' knowledge of sexual offending and re-victimisation (PDF 570KB) 9 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| McDonald M, Bromfield L, Parker R and Higgins D | Building a robust evidence base through research/practice collaboration: Lessons from Promising Practice Profiles. (PDF 250KB) 8 July 2010 Poster presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Al-Yaman F and Higgins D | Closing the Gap Clearinghouse: A clearinghouse for evidence-based research on overcoming disadvantage for Indigenous Australians. (PDF 348KB) 8 July 2010 Poster presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Al-Yaman F and Higgins D | Closing the Gap Clearinghouse: an online clearinghouse for evidence-based research on overcoming disadvantage for Indigenous Australians. 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Higgins D | Community development approaches to safety and wellbeing of Indigenous children. (PDF 1.2MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Vassallo S, Smart D, Cockfield S, Gunatillake T, Harris A and Harrison W | Drink- and drug-driving amongst drivers in their mid-20s: trends, stability and co-occurrence with other risky driving practices. (PDF 1.6MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Kaspiew R, Behrens J and Smyth B | Family violence in relocation disputes: a pre-reform exploration. (PDF 1.4MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Hayes A, Weston R and Qu L | From form to function: framing family policy to address contemporary choices, changes and challenges. (PDF 3.3MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Caruana C | Healing services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families: A literature review. (PDF 909KB) 8 July 2010 Poster presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Baxter J and Gray M | How do dual-employed couple parents manage without childcare? Can it be explained by fathers' involvement in childcare? (PDF 1.4MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Higgins D | Impact of past adoption practices: summary of key issues from Australian research. (PDF 795KB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Baxter J and Renda J | Lone and couple mothers in the Australian labour market: exploring differences in employment transitions. (PDF 1.1MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Moloney L | Mandatory dispute resolution and the 2006 family law reforms: use, outcomes, links to other pathways, and the impact of family violence 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Redmond G, Gubhaju B, Smart D and Katz I | Parents' education and children's outcomes: is the gradient getting steeper? (PDF 1.1MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Lodge J | The bully/victim continuum: stability of peer victimisation in school and patterns of internalising and externalising problems in early adulthood. (PDF 3.4MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Edwards B, Gray M, Baxter J and Hunter B | The tyranny of distance? Carers in regional and remote areas of Australia. (PDF 4.2MB) 8 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Taylor M, Edwards B and Gray M | Area level unemployment and children's development in New South Wales. (PDF 2.2MB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Weston R | Child Support Liability, Compliance and Fairness: Reports of parents who separated after the 2006 family law reforms were introduced. (PDF 2MB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Kaspiew R | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: key findings. (PDF 2MB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| De Vaus D, Gray M, Qu L and Stanton D | Relationship breakdown and social exclusion: a longitudinal analysis. (PDF 2.9MB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Edwards B and Maguire B | Some findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - the LSAC annual statistical report. (PDF 672KB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Price-Robertson R, Bromfield L and Vassallo S | What is the prevalence of child abuse and neglect in Australia? A review of the evidence. (PDF 2.4MB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Robinson E and Power L | What works with adolescents? Family connections and involvement in interventions for adolescent problem behaviours. (PDF 1.3MB) 7 July 2010 Paper presented at the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne |
| Behrens J, Smyth B and Kaspiew R | Australian court decisions about relocation: an empirical study including parents' views and experiences. 2 July 2010 Paper presented at the Conference on International Child Abduction, Relocation and Forced Marriage, Centre for Family Law and Practice, London Metropolitan University, UK |
| Clark H | Giving voice to victim/survivors' knowledge of sexual offending. (PDF 843KB) 1 July 2010 Paper presented at the Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney NSW |
| Weston R | AIFS family law evaluation and parents: child support liability, compliance and perceived fairness. 23 June 2010 Paper presented to the Child Support Network Stakeholders Engagement Group, Canberra ACT |
| Higgins D | Global challenges on disability and sexuality. (PDF 610KB) 17 June 2010 Keynote address presented at the 4th International Conference on Peer Education, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS, Nairobi Kenya. |
| Kaspiew R | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: overview of key findings. 11 June 2010 Paper presented at the Lexis-Nexis 7th Annual Family Law Summit, Brisbane Qld |
| Moloney L | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms. 10 June 2010 Paper presented at the Family Pathways Networks Forum, Sydney NSW |
| Bromfield L | Domestic violence and assessing risk to children. (PDF 956KB) 4 June 2010 Paper presented at the Mothers children and change: Strengthening service support and safety forum, Sydney |
| Hayes A and Robinson E | Research-informed family policy: from rhetoric to reality. (PDF 1MB) 3 June 2010 Paper presented at the Families Commission of New Zealand Research Seminar, Wellington New Zealand |
| Robinson E | AFRC overview. June 2010 Paper presented at the Family Law Pathways Networks Forum, Sydney NSW |
| Robinson E, Power L and Allan D | What works with adolescents? Family connections and involvement in interventions. (PDF 788KB) 18 May 2010 Paper presented at the 'Strategic Community Conversations' forum, Centrelink Box Hill, Melbourne Vic |
| Parkinson D | Sexual assault service providers and the law: supporting victims through the legal process. 12 May 2010 Paper presented at the Upper Murray Centre Against Sexual Assault, Wangaratta Vic |
| Kaspiew R | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: key findings on family violence. 6 May 2010 Paper presented at the Responding to Family Violence: National Perspectives, Local Initiatives conference, Canberra ACT |
| Kaspiew R | Family violence: findings from the Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms. (PDF 3.2MB) 6 May 2010 Paper presented at the 'Responding to Family Violence - National Perspectives, Local Initiatives' Conference, Canberra ACT |
| Robinson E | The importance of families for young people. May 2010 Paper presented at the National Council of Women of Australia Forum, Melbourne Vic |
| Hand K | Evaluation of the family law reforms: an overview. 19 April 2010 Paper presented to the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Vic |
| Smart D, Vassallo S, Cockfield S, Gunatillake T, Harris A and Harrison W | In the driver's seat II: beyond the early driving years. 15 April 2010 Paper presented at the RACV Club, Melbourne Vic |
| Moloney L | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms. 12 April 2010 Paper presented at the Victorian Family Law Pathways Network, Melbourne Vic |
| Hayes A | Parenting in the context of comprehensive approaches to family support. (PDF 327KB) 7 April 2010 Paper presented at the Parenting Policy Workshop, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW |
| Hayes A and Gray M | Evidence of what works: spanning the knowledge to action gap. 30 March 2010 Paper presented at the Cross-Agency Workshop on Family Research, Policy and Service Delivery, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra ACT |
| Weston R and Qu L | Demographics of ageing and fertility. 26 March 2010 Invited lecture to the 'Principles of Social Policy' course, Australian National University, Canberra ACT |
| Hayes A and Moloney L | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: lessons for future service delivery. 24 March 2010 Paper presented at the Family Relationship Services Australia Senior Executives Forum |
| Hayes A | 'Growing up fast and furious: reviewing the impacts of violent and sexualised media on children' - concluding comments. (PDF 327KB) 19 March 2010 Paper presented at the conference 'Growing up fast and furious: reviewing the impacts of violent and sexualised media on children', Australian Council on Children and the Media and the Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW |
| Hayes A, Gray M and Kaspiew R | Evaluation of the family law reforms: overview of key findings. 11 March 2010 Paper presented to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Canberra ACT |
| Moloney L | 'Mandatory' family dispute resolution: What is it? Does it 'work'? What do clients and professionals think about it? What of the future? 4 March 2010 Paper presented at the Family Law Conference, Melbourne Vic |
| Bromfield L | Cumulative harm: the effects of chronic child maltreatment. (PDF 280KB) 25 February 2010 Paper presented at the Tasmanian Magistrates Conference, Hobart Tas |
| Hayes A | Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: an overview. (PDF 2.1MB) 25 February 2010 Paper presented at the Family Law System Reference Group meeting, Canberra |
| Kaspiew R | Evaluation of the family law reforms: overview of key findings. 25 February 2010 Paper presented to the Victorian Government Statewide Steering Committee on Family Violence, Melbourne Vic |
| Kaspiew R | Evaluation of the family law reforms: overview of key findings. 24 February 2010 Paper presented at the Family Law Research Workshop, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne Vic |
| Hayes A | The changing faces of family life in Australia: new insights from current research. (PDF 2.1MB) 24 February 2010 Paper presented at the Anglicare Victoria - Leadership Conference, Melbourne |
| McDonald M and Parker R | Learning from Promising Practice Profiles. (PDF 512KB) 22 February 2010 Paper presented at the Building Practice Based Evidence Through the Evaluation of Parenting and Early Childhood Intervention Programs Workshop, ARACY, Melbourne |
| Gray M, Kaspiew R and Moloney L | Evaluation of the family law reforms: overview of key findings. 11 February 2010 Paper presented to the Family Law Council, Melbourne Vic |
| King R | Sexual consent: implications for judicial sentencing practices. (PDF 10KB) February 2010 Paper presented at the National Judicial College Sentencing Conference, Canberra ACT |