This paper reports on findings from focus groups with inner-city children 9-12 years conducted as part of the Kids in the City project. As the children talk about their lives, and moving and playing around neighbourhood streets, many describe distress and discomfort as they confront the likes of homelessness, drunkenness, massage parlours and sex shops.

This article reviews the Australian evidence concerning interventions in early childhood aimed at promoting children’s psychological well-being and preventing social and psychological dysfunction in later life. Two kinds of research are surveyed. One is the Australian social science literature that has emerged in the last twenty years from five major research programs.

As part of the ongoing series Growing Up in Australia, this second Annual Statistical Report provides policy-makers, researchers, practitioners and others with a valuable introduction to the information collected by the study.

This strategy document represents the Australian government’s commitment to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory to work with them over the next ten years to drive positive change.

The Children’s Ground project aims to develop a place-based approach to support children and their families in highly disadvantaged communities. The project approach is informed by research and evidence, recognising the multiple and multi-level influences on children’s development and the need to support the role of communities in improving outcomes for children.