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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
The 4th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum will take place in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, on 16–18 June 2008. The conference theme will be 'Mediation in the
Asia-Pacific: Constraints and Challenges' expressed the idea that mediation
takes place in diverse ways throughout the different social and legal
systems in the Asia Pacific region. The Forum will be preceded by five days
of pre-conference training and two days of pre-conference workshops, with basic
and advanced mediation training. A call for papers has now been issued, and
abstracts are due by the end of February 2008. The conference website is
www.apmf2008.com
APMF Peace Prize
Please forward a nomination for an APMF Peace Prize winner (an individual
or organisation) from the Asia-Pacific region, to be presented with Aus$1000
and a trophy at the 4th APMF Conference in Kuala Lumpur this year, by no
later than Friday 16 May 2008.
It is preferable if we award the prize to a not-for-profit organisation
who is contributing to building peace through mediation or an associated
form of conflict resolution. Previous APMF Peace Prizes have been awarded to
Jose Ramos Horta, the Melanesian Peace Project and Dame Joan Metge from New
Zealand.
Please forward the name of an individual or organisation that you are
nominating, a seconder, the nominee’s contact details, information about
their peace-related activities, your reasons why they should receive the
prize, and a link to their website if they have one.
Any member of the APMF can nominate someone. The prize winner does not
have to be a member of the APMF, but must be located and active in the
Asia-Pacific region. The APMF Executive Committee will choose the winner.
The prize will be presented at the conference to the winner or to the
winner’s representative.
Send nominations to Dale Bagshaw, APMF President (dale.bagshaw@unisa.edu.au).
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 will include
'transforming the landscape' 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)
Expressions of interest for 2010 conference
Organizations interested in holding the 5th APMF conference in 2010 are
invited to respond to this document on expressions
of interest. As we plan to decide the 5th conference venue in Kuala
Lumpur in June 2008, all expressions will need to be submitted well before
that time.
Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference, Fiji, June 2006
The 3rd Asia Pacific Mediation Forum took place in the Fiji Islands
from 26-30 June 2006. The conference theme “Mediating Cultures in the
Pacific and Asia” expressed the idea that mediation takes place in diverse
ways throughout the different social and legal systems in the Asia Pacific
region. The Forum included two days of pre-conference workshops, with basic
and advanced mediation training, followed by a two day conference with
presentations covering theory and practice issues.
A new committee, for 2006-2008, was elected at the Fiji conference.
List of committee members.
Mediator accreditation in Australia
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 2006.
Further details of the
proposal.
How to join
the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum
Membership is open to anybody. To join,
please complete the membership form, in either
online or RTF (word processor)
format, or PDF (Acrobat) and choose one of
the options for membership and payment.
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