Submission to the Inquiry into Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence

This is ARACY’s submission to the Inquiry into Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence. Intimate partner violence is the largest contributing risk factor to the burden of disease in women,exceeding other risk factors. Exposure to family violence, including intimate partner violence, has a significant negative effect on the wellbeing and development of children. Strategies that aim […]
Please just say you’re proud of me: Perspectives of young people on parent engagement and doing well at school

ARACY’s report Please just say you’re proud of me: Perspectives of Young People on Parent Engagement and Doing Well at School is based on consultations with nearly 100 Australian students in years 10 and 12. As part of the study, students were asked what they would like to hear and see in the ideal parent, carer or […]
To have and to have not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia

ARACY has produced To have and to have not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia which examines the extent to which children are having their needs met in five key and interlocking areas, which The Nest shows are central to a child’s wellbeing. The report uses the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) to assess these interlocking areas by selecting up […]