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 the National Mediator Accreditation System is quite new there are many organisations that are still in the process of becoming RMABs. Organisations that have expressed their intention of becoming RMABs have been given membership of the National Mediator Accreditation Committee as RMABs for the time being. However, a transitional period has been set until 1 August 2008 for those organisations to fully comply with the requirements for RMABs under the National Mediator Accreditation System.
As at 1 August 2008, 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
- Citizens Advice Bureau WA
- Community Justice Centre (NT)
- Conflict Resolution Service (ACT)
- Department of Defence
- Department of Justice (Tasmania)
- 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
- Law Society of Tasmania
- LEADR
- Mawul Rom Association
- Mediate Today
- NSW Bar Association
- New South Wales Law Society
- Positive Solutions Tasmania
- Queensland Bar Association
- Queensland Law Society
- RICS Oceania
- Supreme Court of WA
- Victorian Bar
- 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 again 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)*
- Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA)*
- LEADR*
ACT
NSW
- Australian Commercial Dispute Centre (ACDC)
- Centacare
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Limited
- 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*
QLD
- Australian Mediation Association*
- Bar Association of Queensland*
- Centacare
- Dispute Resolution Centre, Bond University
- Dispute Resolution Centre, Dispute Resolution Branch, Department of Justice and Attorney-General*
- Queensland Law Society*
- Relationships Australia
WA
- Aboriginal Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, Department of Attorney-General
- Anglicare
- Centacare
- Citizens Advice Bureau*
- Relationships Australia