ADR providers
About the ADR service sector
There are many diverse ADR providers. They range from government provided and publicly funded dispute resolution organisations to private professional organisations and also Complaints and Ombudsman Schemes (usually referred to as External Dispute Resolution or EDR schemes).
The information on this page is designed to assist you to find ADR providers. However, please note that it is not NADRAC's role to provide mediation services or training programs to members of the public nor is it NADRAC's role to recommend particular ADR providers.
Finding accredited mediators
To find a mediator who is accredited under the National Mediator Accreditation System contact a Recognised Mediator Accreditation Body (RMAB). A list of RMABs is available on the Mediator Standards Board website.
ADR providers
NADRAC has compiled the following list of major national and state wide organisations that provide ADR services directly to the public. You should be aware that the list is not a comprehensive one. The list does not include ADR provided by courts and tribunals in connection with court proceedings or specialist programs for particular client groups.
Organisations that provide ADR services to the public on a national or state wide basis that have been omitted from the following list may contact the NADRAC Secretariat and ask to have their organisation included.
National
- Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners (information on how to find a practitioner is available on Family Relationships Online)
- Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators (AIFLAM)*
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Limited
- Conflict Solvers
- Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA)
- InterMEDIATE Dispute Management
- LEADR
- PPC Worldwide
- Rainbow Resolutions
- The Accord Group
- The Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland
ACT
NSW
- Australian Commercial Dispute Centre (ACDC)
- Centacare
- Mediate Today
- NSW Bar Association
- NSW Community Justice Centres
- NSW Law Society
- Relationships Australia
VIC
- Centacare
- Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Relationships Australia
- The Victorian Bar
- VADR
QLD
- Australian Mediation Association
- Centacare
- Dispute Resolution Centre, Bond University
- Dispute Resolution Centre, Dispute Resolution Branch, Department of Justice and Attorney-General
- Queensland Bar Association
- Queensland Law Society
- Relationships Australia
- RICS Oceania