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South Australia creates office of small business commissioner to assist small businesses in resolving disputes through ADR
There are some 142,000 small businesses in South Australia and an office dedicated to supporting dispute resolution and avoidance in this area …
Review of Australia's consumer external dispute resolution arrangements likely in 2013
Australia's shadow minister for financial services, Mathias Cormann, has acknowledged that there are legitimate concerns over procedural matters and …
Australian Taxation Office's use of ADR to be improved according to Inspector-General
The Inspector-General of Taxation published his Review into the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)'s use of early and alternative dispute …
New South Wales proposals for small business mediation
In a month-long consultation released on 28 June 2012, the NSW Government proposed that its small business commissioner be empowered to require a party …
New Australian Civil Dispute Resolution Act comes into force
The new Australian Civil Dispute Resolution Act 2011, which applies to all federal civil law matters and came into force on 1 August 2011, encourages …
Australia - Improving access to ADR within the civil justice system
Australia's Federal Attorney-General has recently announced that the Government intends to introduce legislation implementing key recommendations from …