Jennifer Baxter

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While the often-heard complaint about time today is that of having too much to do and too little time, there are those who experience the opposite: they have difficulty filling the spare time that they have

There remains much to be learned about the ways in which Australian fathers contribute to families and feel about themselves as fathers

This Facts Sheet describes how the characteristics of families differ between the "city" and the "country"

Looking at the ways men contribute to family life, this report assesses time investment with children, supportiveness as partners, financial contribution, parenting behaviours, and men's perceptions of their own adequacy as fathers

Providing new insights into possible reasons for the different rates of employment of single mothers compared with mothers in a relationship, this paper examines how their employment transitions vary

To support the 2010 National Families Week, the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has prepared this Facts Sheet about the role that families and communities play in giving children the best possible start to life

Parental time with children contributes to children's development and is positively associated with children's wellbeing

To contribute to our understanding of how paid work and family time interact, this paper examines how characteristics of parental paid employment are associated with differences in parent-child time

This article takes a look at who is experiencing time pressure, and also what reasons people give for that time pressure

Being breastfed during infancy is known to improve developmental outcomes, but the pathways by which this occurs remain unclear

Noticeboard

07 February 2012
The Productivity Commission has been asked to report within 8 months on Default Superannuation Funds in Modern Awards. The inquiry covers the design of criteria for the selection and ongoing assessment of superannuation funds for nomination as default funds in modern awards.
13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

20 December 2011

Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts ahead of the development of the nation's first National Cultural Policy in almost 20 years.