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Sep 30, 2026
Danny MilenkovHOST
Right.
Danny MilenkovHOST
In 2024, which is the latest stats I've got here from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, 81%.
Danny MilenkovHOST
I was
GiaHOST
going to say 80%.
Millie RussellGUEST
There's a study done with 85% of people reporting feeling somewhat concerned about being able to afford the first home.
Millie RussellGUEST
So that report was done by Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Millie RussellGUEST
And out of like that 85% that are somewhat concerned, at least almost half that 48% of young people are very much concerned.
Millie RussellGUEST
So it's like a very significant issue that's prevalent across all really young people.
Millie RussellGUEST
There's a study done with 85% of people reporting feeling somewhat concerned about being able to afford the first home.
Millie RussellGUEST
So that report was done by Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Millie RussellGUEST
And out of like that 85% that are somewhat concerned, at least almost half that 48% of young people are very much concerned.
Millie RussellGUEST
So it's like a very significant issue that's prevalent across all really young all young people that are really worried, can I afford a home? Will I be able to afford the mortgage repayments? Will I be able to save a deposit? It's actually quite a big issue.
Danielle BlackHOST
A relationship with a parent and an allocation of overnight time is not the same question.
Danielle BlackHOST
So what do children themselves talk about? Australian Institute of Family Studies research with children and young people from separated families is useful here because their descriptions are wonderfully inconvenient for a simplistic care arrangement ideology.
Danielle BlackHOST
Young people talked about wanting adults to listen to them.
Danielle BlackHOST
They talked about safety.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
But, you know, look, no solution's ever that simple.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
I think the Australian Institute of Family Studies had a report recently released that looked at reasons why people are actually leaving foster and kinship care.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
And so, look, financial and practical pressures were certainly one of them.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
But, you know, a lot of other things come to bear there, like just, you know, the impact on the well-being of the foster carers and their family generally, also the behavioural challenges.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
But, you know, look, no solution's ever that simple.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
I think the Australian Institute of Family Studies had a report recently released saying that looked at reasons why people are actually leaving foster and kinship care and so look financial and practical pressures were certainly one of them but a lot of other things come to bear there like just the impact on the well-being of the foster carers and their family generally Also, the behavioral challenges.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
As a parent myself, I know it's not always easy raising kids and often these are children coming into care who've come from some pretty traumatic backstories or babies coming into care with fetal alcohol syndrome and other sort of health challenges that are very significant.
Suzanne GreenwoodGUEST
Dollars is always a big thing, Shane, but we're also being quite practical and looking at reforms.
Danielle BlackHOST
It just means paying attention.
Danielle BlackHOST
The Australian Institute of Family Studies guidance about responding to children's disclosures emphasises supportive listening as opposed to interrogation.
Danielle BlackHOST
And particularly with younger children, we also need to remember that fear is not always delivered to us in a beautifully articulated verbal statement.
Danielle BlackHOST
Children can communicate through behaviour, sleep, regression, clinginess, aggression, avoidance, physical symptoms, school refusal, dysregulation, and this is really only the tip of the iceberg.