This study asks the question: how do families with children conceived using donor sperm operate as the children grow up? And looks into the state of these relationships. The follow-up of children conceived through the Anonymous Donor Sperm project was designed to assess the adjustment of families conceived by donor sperm when the children were...

The latest figures regarding the nature behind and extent of sexual abuse in Australia. Statistics carry significant power and persuasion. At one level they appear to provide an instant and accessible way of grasping the nature and extent of social issues. Yet any statistic has a complex methodological history, which affects how it can, and...

This report highlights changes in general practice activity in Australia over the most recent decade, April 2002 to March 2012 of the BEACH program, a national cross-sectional study of general practice activity. Over this time 9,802 GPs provided details of 980,200 GP-patient encounters. The report highlights changes that have occurred over the decade in the...

This study lays bare Australian educator’s perspectives of NAPLAN testing and its unintended effects on schooling and student well-being.

Life expectancy is an indication of how many years a person can expect to live, assuming death rates do not change. The term ‘health expectancy’ is used to describe, within a person’s life expectancy, the expected years spent in various health states from birth to death, such as years with disability. However, disability does not...