The Australian Dispute Resolution web site

We offer a range of services including the Australian Dispute Resolution Directory, a database of organisations including mediators, conciliators, facilitators, arbitrators, educators, trainers and a wide range of service providers. If your organisation is not yet registered, we encourage you to do so on the Website Directory page.

We are currently expanding this site to become the Asia-Pacific Mediation E-Centre. Please contact Dale Bagshaw if you wish to be a part of this exciting new development.

News

Some forthcoming and recent conferences and events. See our Past Events page for earlier events.

Shared parental responsibility in Australian family law and the impact on children
This multidisciplinary seminar hosted by the Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation, Hawke Research Institute, UniSA will be held in Adelaide on 13–15 April 2008.

The seminar will examine in depth the consequences for children of some of the recent changes to the Australian Family Law Act. Presenters will focus on the most current theories, research, practice wisdom and parental experiences in relation to the emphasis given to shared parenting and associated decision making after separation and divorce. The main focus will be on the outcomes of the changes for Australian children, including those children who have been, or are at risk of being, exposed to high-level parental conflict, violence and child abuse.

More information and registration details

Asia Pacific Mediation Forum, 2008
The next Asia Pacific Mediation Forum is to be held in Kuala Lumpur, from 16-18 June 2008. The Fourth Asia Pacific Mediation Forum conference will be hosted jointly with the APMF and the International Islamic University of Malaysia. The conference website is www.apmf2008.com - and here is the Call for Papers. The main website of the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum is right here on the Ausdispute site.

Pre-conference mediation training: 9-13 June 2008 (5 days)
Pre-conference workshops: 14–15 June 2008 (2 days)

APMF Peace Prize 2008

Nominations are now open for the APMF Peace Prize 2008. The winner can be an individual or organisation from the Asia-Pacific region who is contributing to building peace through mediation or an associated form of conflict resolution. Nominations close Friday 16 May 2008. More details are on the APMF homepage.

Mediation: Transforming the Landscape
9th National Mediation Conference
10–12 September 2008, Hyatt Regency Perth Hotel, Perth, WA
This conference is widely acknowledged as the leading Australian gathering of mediation practitioners, researchers and trainers. Delegates from industry, the community sector and government will join eminent Australian and international mediation professionals to continue the development of mediation and related processes in Australia and beyond. The conference theme of 'transforming the landscape' will include transformation of mediation practice, with diversity, of related professional practices, to promote peaceful resolution of conflict, and of the justice system. Submit abstracts by 29 February 2008.
Call to present (PDF 445 kb)

World Mediation Forum
The sixth conference of the WMF was held from 16 to 18 October 2007 in Israel, at a resort on the banks of the Dead Sea. Here is a flier for the 2007 WMF conference (PDF document, 1 page).

Bond Dispute Resolution Newsletter
The newsletter can be read online.

Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Peace Prize 2006
The APMF Peace Prize was awarded at the Third APMF Conference in Fiji in June 2006. The winner was Joan Metge, a widely respected social anthropologist from New Zealand.

Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference, Fiji, 26-30 June 2006
Conference details and program are online at the conference website, along with some of the papers from the conference.

Mediator accreditation
With the support of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department, the National Mediation Conference appointed a committee to investigate development of a proposal for a national system of Mediator Accreditation in Australia. A proposal was put forward for approval at the conference in Hobart in May 2006. Further details of the proposal.

Transforming Relationships- multimedia training tools for restorative justice facilitators, from Connor Development Services in Canada. More information (PDF 83 kb).

Asia Pacific Mediation Forum

The APMF website has general information about that organisation, as well as papers from its 2001 Adelaide and 2003 Singapore conferences. The conference for 2006 was held in Fiji, and many papers and presentations are available online.

The Mediation News newsletter: back issues online.

Australian state and territory ADR associations

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