Paid leave entitlements for fathers have expanded rapidly in recent years across OECD countries. However, the use of leave is still far from equally shared between fathers and mothers. This policy brief outlines recent policy trends, data on the use of father’s leave, key research findings and policy recommendations regarding paid leave for fathers to...

Drawing on data from Australia's longitudinal study on male health, this report explores mental health, physical health and the barriers men face in accessing care when they become fathers for the first time. It finds that the role of health services in promoting preconception health is critical to ensure men are positioned to successfully navigate...

A collection of six peer-reviewed papers from the 2025 national conference covering the themes: Across the lifecourse; the First 1000 Days; Schooling years; Children at the centre; and Relationship breakdown and re-partnering.

This report explores sharing child care within opposite-sex couple families using the 4 Families in Australia Surveys conducted in 2020 and 2021. A key aim of this work was to find out how diverse the arrangements of parents are when it comes to sharing child care between partnered parents.

This paper presents the findings from the first multi-jurisdictional study to explore the experiences and impacts of video visits between fathers in prison and their children. Findings show that there are significant benefits to video visitation for fathers, children and children’s carers, and corrective services.