Despite the strength of the Australian economy and the relatively low rate of unemployment, joblessness among families with children remains high in Australia relative to many other OECD countries. Australia also has one of the highest rates of part-time employment among OECD countries, and this...

This report presents the results of the evaluation of the short-run impacts of the Communities for Children (CfC) initiative on child, family and community outcomes. The study was based on a three-wave longitudinal study of 2,202 families living in 10 sites that had a CfC program and five sites...

Indigenous families experience substantial and multiple forms of economic burden arising from the size and structure of their families and households. Indigenous households are more likely to have more than one family in residence than other Australian households and are more likely to be...