Its role is to conduct research and communicate findings that affect family wellbeing to policy makers, service providers and the broader community.

[3] Further research conducted by AIFS was instrumental in providing the evidence base for the major changes to the scheme that were made in 2006.

Broader concerns regarding economic and social wellbeing led to the creation of the Australian Living Standards Study.

In 2000, AIFS became the host of the Australian Temperament Project, a large longitudinal study of children’s development that began in 1983.

The study is investigating the contribution of children’s social, economic and cultural environments to their adjustment and wellbeing.