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- ↑ State of the Family 2001 State of the Family Report 2001 - Economic and Social Exclusion, Dr Ann Nevile
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- ↑ State of the Family Report 2004 - Missing out: Youth in Australia today, Mark Jeffery
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2005 - What do Australian Families look like today?
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2006 - Life on a Low Income
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2008 - Creative Tension: Australia's Social Inclusion Agenda
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2009 - Beyond Economics - families in the forefront
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- ↑ John Ferguson, (12 October 2009), Families struggle with food, bills - seek aid, Herald Sun
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2010 - In From the Edge
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2012 - Staying Power
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- ↑ When there’s not enough to eat Volume 1
- ↑ State of the Family Report 2012 - When there’s not enough to eat Volume 2
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- ↑ Michael Edwards, (12 October 2015), New research shows most welfare recipients living in poverty, AM ABC Radio National
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