ADRA

ADRA October Board Meeting
2025-10-28 17:00 - 18:30 (Australia/Sydney) | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-october-board-meeting/
Starting at 5pm is ADRA’s monthly board meeting. All members are welcome. Please join via the Zoom link.

ADRA September Board Meeting
2025-09-30 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-september-board-meeting-2/

ADRA August Board Meeting
2025-08-26 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-august-board-meeting-2/

ADRA Annual General Meeting.
2025-07-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Meeting agenda included below.To purchase tickets to this event, please scroll to the bottom of this page.

AGM Agenda for 2025Download

ADRA June Meeting
2025-06-24 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-june-meeting/

ADRA May Meeting
2025-05-27 16:45 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-may-meeting/

ADRA April Meeting with guest speaker Steven Dikinson
2025-04-22 15:30 - 19:00 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-april-meeting-with-guest-speaker-steven-dikinson/
Starting at 3.30 pm we have Stephen Dikinson from AMDRAS talking and following on from this at 5pm we have ADRA’s monthly meeting.

All ADRA members are welcome to attend.

ADRA March Meeting
2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-march-meeting/
ADRA has a monthly meeting held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. All members are welcome.

This is an online meeting held over Zoom. Please find the Zoom link in the announcement email.

Mongolian Delegate Dinner
2025-03-10 18:30 - 21:30 | Hurricane’s Grill and Bar Restaurant, Top Ryde City Shopping Centre, La Piazza, Shop R 3006 Ground Level Cnr Blaxland Rd & Devlin St, Ryde, NSW, 2112, Australia
ADRA invites the Board members and their partners to attend the welcome dinner to celebrate the momentous occasion of the establishment of a separate Family Court in Mongolia, opening in January 2026.

Special General Meeting
2025-03-04 17:00 - 18:00 | NSW
ADRA is holding a Special General Meeting at 5pm on Tuesday 4 March 2025 to discuss changes to it’s Constitution. All members are welcome to attend.

Attached to this Agenda are firstly the current Constitution, showing in blue, the changes approved by ADRA’s Board of Management. Also attached is a clean version of the changes, which version will be lodged with the Department for Fair Trading. The changes will not come about until registered.

The changes have been made for several reasons:1. To update the Constitution to reflect current practices of ADRA;2. To conform with the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and Regulations; and3. To include clauses related to good governance.

The changes are placed before the members at this Special General Meeting in order to pass a special resolution adopting the changes. This requires a 75% vote in favour of those present in person or by Zoom. The special resolution requires 21 days’ notice to be given. Accordingly, this Special General Meeting has been called for Tuesday the 4 March 2025.

https://zoom.us/j/92687343683

This is the Constitution with proposed changes highlighted in blue

And this is the final version of the Constitution with changes integrated.

ADRA February Meeting with Guest Speaker Kim Howatson
2025-02-25 16:00 - 18:00 | NSW
Please join us at 4pm on Tuesday the 25th of February to hear from Kim Howatson from the Attorney General’s department talking about the latest changes in rules and regulations for FDRPs. This will be followed at 5pm by an ADRA board meeting.

2024 - ADRA Christmas Party
2024-11-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ADRA welcomes you to celebrate 2024 with a dinner at the Palace Restaurant.

The board are invited to attend at 5.30pm for a short meeting, all other attendees are invited to a 6pm start for dinner.

There is a 3 course dinner included in the ticket price.

2024- ADRA Planning Meeting
2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:30 | NSW
Planning session for 2025 and last formal meeting for 2024

2024 – ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-09-24 17:15 - 19:15 | The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Election of Office Bearers after August AGMZoom Link:https://zoom.us/j/98354329593?pwd=[REDACTED] Included in email alert.

Board Meeting held on 27 August 2024Download

ADRA Presidents and Officers Reports for 24 September 2024Download

2024 – ADRA AGM meeting
2024-08-27 17:00 - 21:00 | The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
The Governance Committee has resolved that the dinner at the Palace Restaurant will be cancelled and that the AGM will take place on 27 August at 5.00 pm via TEAMS at the Law Society, Room 301 and will be recorded.

As we have had two dinners at the International Conference this year and our membership is scattered over several Australian States, the Governance Committee resolved that the AGM meeting would be best served online and a dinner was deemed unnecessary on this occasion.

The TEAMS links for this meeting will be sent in a followup message closer to the event date.

Scroll to the bottom of this event to read the agenda or to purchase tickets.

Below are the minutes from the 2023 AGM

Below is the agenda for the 2024 AGM

And below is the President’s and Officers’ Reports for 2024

International Mediation Conference
2024-08-15 09:00 - 2024-08-16 21:00 | Royal Automobile Club, 89 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Gain valuable insights from Special Guests: The Hon Terry Sheahan AO Patron of ADRA The Hon. Cameron Lionel Murphy, AM. MLCAustralian experts:Dr Rajesh Sharma, Dr Peter Condliffe, Professor Tania Sourdin, Professor Laurence Boulle, Mary Walker OAM, Allan Parker OAM, Dr Katherine Johnson, Jennifer Scott, Joe Harman, Ruwan Wathukarage, Helen Miedzinski.International Guests:The Hon.Justice Ambeng Kandakasi, Dr. Sabela Goya, Linda Heng – CEO (ResoX) , Dr Konstantin Pavlidis, Dr. Evi Avlogiari, Dr. Mian Sheraz Javaid, 9 Mongolian delegates and Mongolian Interpreter: Enkhee Sharav. Hear the voices of young people about tomorrow’s world: Elli Kozicki, Theodore Johnson & Hai SonConnect with professionals Live-streamed and in-person! – Enjoy a jazz band Welcome dinner and a Farewell dinner with Mongolian music, singing and dancing to support ADRA, a non-profit VOLUNTARY organisation fostering growth in dispute resolution.Gain 16 CPD points, a recording of the proceedings, and both welcome and farewell dinners for the very affordable early-bird price of $350 for ADRA members and $450 for non-ADRA members with one year’s practitioner membership included.Shape the future of tomorrow’s world of mediation with us!

Event Programme – Use the scroll bar on the right of the window below to move up/down. The embedded PDF can be saved / printed using the document controls located in the top right hand corner of the window.

Special General Meeting
2024-08-07 17:00 - 18:00 | NSW
This is a Special General Meeting to consider the following resolution: that ADRA awards to Katherine Johnson and Margaret McCue life membership of ADRA in recognition of their service.

2024 - ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-07-23 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-06-25 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-05-28 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-03-26 17:30 - 19:30 | NSW

ADRA CPD Event with Tokunbo Olabinri
2024-05-28 16:30 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-with-tokunbo-olabinri/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Tokunbo Olabinri as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “Introduction to Incorporated Associations & Governance”

What is an incorporated association and how does it differ from a company? How is it governed? What rules does it have to comply with? What are the powers and duties of ordinary members and committee members of the association?

This seminar is intended to provide members with a general understanding of the legal framework under which they and the committee operate. No prior knowledge is assumed and the seminar will be conducted in an interactive format with members encouraged to participate and ask questions.

Tokunbo Olabinri is the principal of Parity Law, a firm of specialist commercial, intellectual property and technology lawyers based in Sydney. Tokunbo is admitted as a solicitor both in England and New South Wales. He previously practised law in the UK before moving to Australia where he was in-house counsel for the ASX before moving to private practice.

Tokunbo has acted for a broad range of clients from sole traders to large corporates in industries such as retail and manufacturing, technology and consulting, as well as media organisations, universities and public sector bodies. He also advises a number of not-for-profit organisations including sporting and professional associations.

2024- ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-04-23 17:30 - 19:30 | NSW

ADRA CPD Event - Restorative Practice with Astrid Gerrits
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-restorative-practice-with-astrid-gerrits/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Astrid Gerrits as guest speaker. Attendance to this event allows you to earn 1 CPD point. The topic for this event is “Restorative Practice”.

Introducing Astrid, a compassionate professional with a multicultural background and a decade of experience in supporting families through challenges of conflict and separation. Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Astrid migrated to Australia in 2008 and currently resides in the beautiful town of Broome, situated on Yawuru land within the Kimberley region of North West Australia.

For the past ten years, Astrid has played integral roles as a counsellor, child-inclusive practitioner, coordinator, and supervisor at the Kimberley Family Relationship Centre. Today, she operates a private counseling and mediation practice, focusing on relationships with a specialisation in family, couples, and individual counseling, as well as private and corporate restorative practice and mediation.

Astrid’s diverse professional background spans academic hospitals, justice systems, learning/intellectual disabilities, mental health, and separation services. Her journey into Restorative Practice (RP) work began in 2010, driven by a passion to address unresolved hurts and lack of closure in relationships during family mediation. This passion led her to develop a model she refers to as RP-FDR (Restorative Practice in Family Dispute Resolution).

This innovative approach has had a profoundly positive impact, not only within her team in North West Australia but also across the broader Western Australia mediation community. Astrid has presented and conducted workshops, sharing her RP-FDR model, starting in Perth in 2018 and expanding to national and international platforms, including the National Mediation Conference in Wellington, New Zealand. The model has been embraced by fellow dispute resolution professionals, leading to a growing interest in training in this transformative approach.

While Astrid is now a couples therapist, it’s noteworthy that she developed the RP-FDR model when she was not yet in this role. This underscores the adaptability of the model for mediators, whether from a social scientist, legal, or other background.

Join us in welcoming Astrid as she shares her insights and experiences in the transformative world of Restorative Practice in Family Dispute Resolution.

2024 - ADRA Monthly Meeting
2024-02-27 17:30 - 19:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/2024-adra-monthly-meeting/

Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony
2024-01-30 17:45 - 19:45 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
We will be holding a special Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between Indonesian Dispute Resolution and ADRA , followed by a seminar and dinner at the Palace Restaurant beginning at 5.45 pm on Tuesday 30 January 2024.

2023 - ADRA Christmas Party
2023-12-05 17:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ADRA welcomes you to celebrate 2023 with a dinner at the Palace Restaurant.

The Board are invited to attend at 5pm for a 5.15pm start, other attendees are invited to attend at 6pm for dinner.

There is a set menu for dinner as shown below:

Vegetable spring roll

Steamed prawn dumpling

Steamed fish fillets with ginger & shallots

King prawns with broccoli

Beef in black beans sauce

Crispy skin chicken

Mushrooms with bok choy

Jasmine rice

Chinese tea

Fruit

2023- ADRA Planning Meeting
2023-10-24 17:15 - 19:15 | NSW
Planning session for 2024 and last formal meeting for 2023

ADRA CPD Event - Accredited Divorce Coaching
2023-10-24 16:30 - 17:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-cpd-event-accredited-divorce-coaching/
ADRA will be hosting an event with Jeane Lynch, Cheryl Duffy and Anne-Marie Cade on the topic of Accredited Divorce Coaching which is relatively new in Australia. The international training is done by CDC (Certified Divorce Coach) from the US and is registered as CDRC in Australia ‘Certified Dispute/Divorce Resolution Coach’.

The presentation aims to give a brief background of Divorce Coaching; what we do, value we add, and why there is a need for recognition and accreditation as an ADR process in Australia and need to set ethical and practice standards.

Introduction and brief background of Divorce Coaching:

Jeane Lynch – Lawyer, accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, certified CM-1 Mediator, Relationship Mediator, certified Separation & Divorce Coach and certified Transition & Recovery Coach at hope & harmony coaching and mediation.

Divorce Coaching as a dispute resolution process and the benefits:

Cheryl Duffy – Founder of The Divorce Centre, Divorce Coach, NMAS Mediator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Parenting Coordinator & author of best-selling book “The Divorce Tango”.

Need for recognition, Australian practice standards and what is being done in the Australian Training and Legal / ADR space:

Anne-Marie Cade – Lawyer, Nationally Accredited Mediator, Parenting Coordinator, multi award winner and founder of Divorce Right and recognised as an expert and innovator in her field.

Sylvia Garabaldi - How to run your online Mediation business
2023-10-24 10:00 - 12:00 | https://adra.net.au/event/sylvia-garabaldi-how-to-run-your-online-mediation-business/
2023 Marketing Planning for Dispute Resolution LeadersAn important part of growing any dispute resolution independent practice involves increasing your visibility as an expert so that your ideal clients can become aware of your services and want to do business with you.During this training, we will teach you what you must include in your marketing for 2023 in order to accelerate growth in your practice.You will learn how to:

Get crystal clear on who you best serve, what keeps them up at night and where to find your ideal target market that are in need of your services.

Explore the most effective online marketing strategies to use in 2023 to help you grow your audience on social media platforms and bring in more qualified clients.

Learn how to connect and collaborate with multiple referral partners so you have a large flow of consistent referrals coming into your practice.

Increase your revenue by using a step-by-step process to get easily booked as an online speaker to spread your message to hundreds of qualified prospects at a time.
