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. 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 ADR providers.
Accredited Mediators
Recognised Mediator Accreditation Bodies (RMABs) accredit mediators under the National Mediator Accreditation System.
As at June 2009, NADRAC has been advised that the following organisations are complying with the requirements for RMABs under the National Mediator Accreditation System:
- Australian Dispute Resolution Association Inc (ADRA)
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)
- Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators (AIFLAM)
- Australian Mediation Association
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Limited
- Citizens Advice Bureau WA
- Community Justice Centre (NT)
- Conflict Solvers
- Department of Defence
- Dispute Resolution Branch, Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney‑General
- Federal Court of Australia
- Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators (IAMA)
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Law Society of South Australia
- LEADR
- Mediate Today
- NSW Bar Association
- New South Wales Law Society
- PPC Worldwide
- Queensland Bar Association
- Queensland Law Society
- RICS Oceania
- Supreme Court of WA
- The Accord Group
- The Victorian Bar
- VADR
- Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
You should be aware that RMABs may accredit some of their mediators and not others.
This webpage will be updated from time to time.
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 on a national or state wide basis and whose services are available directly to members of the public but who have been omitted from the following list may contact the NADRAC Secretariat and ask to have their organisation included.
Organisations marked with an * are RMABs
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 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
- The Accord Group*
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*
