"Queensland's local councils are seeking an alternative to the costly court system to resolve planning disputes."
""Alternative dispute resolution has really taken hold and very little in the number of cases are now going to trial, very little up in Burnie or Launceston.""
"A dispute over access to a heritage listed Aboriginal mission at Darlington Point appears well on the way to being resolved following a recent meeting between the land owner, the State Government and the local Aboriginal community."
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"Thirty years of alternative dispute resolution has been celebrated in Canberra."
"The New South Wales Government has announced mediation will be used to resolve more childcare and protection cases in the hope it can spare children from the trauma of the court system."
"The NSW Government is proposing reforms to would move some civil cases out of the courts to a mediation system."
"Currently, there are six neighbourhood dispute resolution centres in Queensland, but the agreements are not legally binding."
"The measure is aimed at mediating and intervening earlier in disputes, on issues like price disagreements between retailers and produce suppliers."