Since it was established in 2002, the Community Development Fund of the Telstra Foundation has directed nearly 30 per cent of its projects and funding to Indigenous community development. Fourteen of these projects are evaluated in this report. The report demonstrates that community-identified programs are creating positive opportunities for Australia's Indigenous children and young people.

This report works towards producing an evidence base concerning the efficacy of early childhood interventions in Australia.

The Attitudes to Child Support Study, conducted by the AIFS early in 2005, was designed to inform the work of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support. Data were obtained from a general population sample of 1001 people aged between 18 and 64 years and from a national random sample of 620 separated/divorced parents with at...

This report, a product of the Institute's Australian Temperament Project in partnership with the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria, provides new information on young adults' own reported driving behaviour and identifies earlier characteristics or circumstances in young drivers' lives that may have influenced their current driving behaviour.

Organisations that promote the rights of children argue that more meaningful social policies will evolve from considering the perspectives of those who are influenced by such policies. But how do we find out about the views and perceptions of children? How do we ensure that children's views are effectively incorporated in the policy-making arena? Madeleine...