MEDIATION TODAY

MY GUEST: BOBBY REILLY, Mediator, Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA Bobbi is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, accredited with the Australian Mediation Association since 2010. She is also a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and provides a wide range of services including FDR/ADR services, Life Coaching and Executive Coaching, General Counselling, Clinical Supervision to Mediators, Counsellors...

In today’s episode I am chatting with Ros Lockley, a trainer, mediator and coach. Ros is a trainer, mediator and coach living on the outskirts of Canberra, regional NSW. She is also a mother of four children. Growing up on a farm outside of Cootamundra, NSW, Australia, and her mother dying when she was only 9 years old, Ros wanted training in parenting to help her to parent confidently. It was thr...

Iveta Bales is the Founder of Canberra Mediation Centre . She is also a proud co-founder of The Kind Lawyers . She is a born and bred Canberran and has spent her working life specialising in working with couples who are separating, both as a Lawyer and a Mediator. Iveta works with clients to structure and restructure their family and their finances both at the beginning and at the end of their rel...

CLAIRE NAIDU Claire Naidu is the founder and principal of the legal firm Claire Naidu and Co, situated in the Canberra town centre of Gungahlin. It was founded in 2012 to assist individuals, families, businesses, organisations and communities to improve life experience, relationships, transition through changes, and to improve connection. They have grown to become nationally and internationally re...

In today’s episode my guest is Josephine BYRNES-LUNA, a mediator and counsellor from Sydney. Hello Josephine and thank you for accepting my invitation for this interview. Josephine is the owner Achieving Solutions Counselling and Mediation Services, which she commenced in 2007 and now has a base office in Camden SW Sydney and occasionally in the Sydney CBD. Josephine has been working in the counse...

In todays episode, I am thrilled to introduce to you JOLENE HILL. No, Jolene is not a mediator, but she does something that every mediator should be very aware of: the importance of listening. The importance of allowing a person to talk. To say what they really wish to say. Jolene is a creator of YOUR LIFE TALKS, a program through which she encourages people to share their life stories.  In h...

Greg Rooney  Greg has been a practising mediator in Australia since 1991. He has mediated more than 1,500 disputes in a diverse range of conflicts including multi-party disputes involving government institutions, commercial and industrial disputes, agricultural disputes, franchise disputes, matrimonial disputes and disputes involving conflict in the workplace. Greg has served a six-year term...

In this episode, I talk with Russell Thirgood, a Chartered Accountant, Arbitrator and Mediator from Brisbane, Australia.

LOUISE MATHIAS Louise Mathias calls herself an ‘Ambassador For Ambition’ She is an advanced trained mediator, a multidisciplinary barrister and High Performance Coach and Consultant, and she’ll tell us more about it shortly. Louise became a lawyer in 2010 and went to the Bar in 2012. After a cancer diagnosis in 2014, she had an epiphany as to what was most important in her life and the direction s...

Anne-Marie is a lawyer who also runs a boutique family mediation and coaching practice. Some of the services she offers are family dispute resolution, relationship mediation, divorce coaching, conflict coaching and legal consulting. She also started Australia's first Divorce Concierge which is a service where she assists clients navigate the landscape of divorce and includes the administrative sid...

Dear Listeners In today’s episode, I’ve decided to interview a person who is a mediator in a number of areas we have not touched or discussed much so far: business, finance, accounting, management, property and elder mediation. It’s my pleasure to present to you Dennis TERRACINI, Proprietor of 'Mediation with Purpose'. His areas of expertise include: In demand as a specialist Mediator (Businesses,...

This is the second part of my interview with Dr Dale Bagshaw, in which she talks about the importance of Elder Mediation, why it is different from other types of mediation and how we could best practice in this field. I thank Dr Bagshaw for her time and for sharing her wisdom. Vesna Cvjeticanin Lawyer, NMAS Accredited Mediator Creator and Producer of Mediation Today

Dr Dale Bagshaw is an accredited Elder Mediation practitioner and an academic, who leads the work in the elder mediation and ageing sectors. Her work has been dedicated to all aspects of alternative dispute resolution in the area of ageing for many years now. As a Nationally Accredited Mediator, Dale combines her extensive academic work and expertise with a love of Elder Mediation and a well-recog...

Liz KEOGH - Biographical notes Liz told us this abut herself... "...Helping separated families has been the centre of my professional life, but my role in the family law system has (like my musical taste!) been quite diverse. I started my professional career as a lawyer, working in the family law team within a generalist practice.  I spent 10 years working as a family lawyer, working in all t...

Lisanne is an award-winning mediator who specialises in family and workplace mediation. Lisanne is also a trainer in conflict resolution and believes that ‘when people become great at conflict resolution and negotiation they have more peace of mind, better relationships and are more happy at work and in their private life’. Lisanne has a decade of experience in Dispute Resolution and Mediation, an...

Blažo Nedić Blazo Nedic, internationally accredited mediator, trainer, consultant and attorney. Regional Mediator of the World Bank Group and UN, member of the IMI Appraisal Committee, Officer of the IBA Mediation Committee. First president of the Serbian National Association of Mediators Holds LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University California, Postgraduate Diploma in International...

Elizabeth is the Principal of Resolve-at-Work and a Nationally Accredited Mediator. Elizabeth has a background as a lawyer, practising in insurance litigation, workers compensation and employment law. She currently lectures at the College of Law in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and has previously lectured at UNSW in Resolving Civil Disputes. She has conducted numerous mediations and facilitat...

Cassandra is a multi-award-winning Director and Principal Solicitor of Kalpaxis Legal Pty Ltd in Sydney. She practices in Family Law and more specifically, Surrogacy Law. Cassandra is the Director of an innovative and holistic Dispute Resolution Hub, namely, Dispute Resolution Centre Australia (DRCAUS). With a strong community and heart-centered purpose, Cassandra is a leader in her community, don...

This episode (Part 2 of my interview with David)  talks about mentorship, what makes a good mentor and what qualities must a mentee have for a successful transfer of knowledge can occur. About David: After 40 years in private practice as a medical doctor, in March 2019, David successfully completed, as a full-time student, a Masters of Health Management, majoring in Health Policy, Strategy and Sys...

In today’s episode, I’ve decided to interview a person who wears many hats, professionally and, to a degree, personally. It’s my pleasure to present to you David MITCHELL. After 40 years in private practice as a medical doctor, in March 2019, David successfully completed, as a full-time student, a Masters of Health Management, majoring in Health Policy, Strategy and Systems and Inter-Professional...

DANIELLE TOLD ME THIS ABOUT HERSELF... "...I am the Principal of Little Estate Lawyers. My firm operates across Queensland and New South Wales focusing on estate administration, estate litigation and estate planning. I have concentrated my expertise in Wills and estates since 2015. Prior to starting my own practice, I worked in a large multi-national law firm where I gained extensive experience in...

Dr David MOORE David Moore is one of Australia’s leaders in the area of restorative justice. He has been involved with Australia’s restorative justice movement since the pilot program of group conferencing in NSW in the early 1990s. David has taught at several universities, worked in a Premier’s Department, trained facilitators and helped establish evaluated programs around Australia, North Americ...

Will CHALMERS - International Mediation Awareness Week Will Chalmers is the Founder and CEO of Mediator Network and is a leader in the mediation services space. He has built and continues to develop a global professional network of mediators. Will is driven by the need to better educate the public about mediation and encourage as many people to use this form of dispute resolution. Will studied law...

Janis BULL is a nationally accredited Family Dispute Resolutions Practitioner (FDRP) working with Family Law matters. She is an advocate of Mediation as an alternative to litigation when resolving disputes within families.  In her own words, Janis works to facilitate a resolution that can be accepted by all participants. Janis has been working in Private Practice as a Clinical Mental Health S...

Renee Toy is a nationally accredited mediator, conciliator, and family dispute resolution practitioner. Currently, she provides family dispute resolution and mediation services through her business, Listen Talk Resolve . Renee has a background in family law and in the parliamentary service, where she worked for the House of Representatives Committee Office. She’s worked as a family lawyer in Canbe...