Mediation and facilitation services 
headed and provided by 
Peter Condliffe
one of Australia's most experienced dispute management practitioners 
    

Specialising in participatory decision making 
for organisations, businesses and families.

Peter Condliffe
Director of MFA

Specialist Mediator and Facilitator  
Advanced Mediator with the
Victorian Bar and LEADR
Accredited Arbitrator and Mediator
with IAMA
Accredited Family Mediator

Background
Peter is a Barrister who has also practiced as a solicitor, community worker, academic, human rights officer, manager and teacher. He was formerly CEO of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia and Director of Dispute Resolution Centres in the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Queensland.  Prior to this Peter was Chief of Education, Training and Information with the United Nations Centre for Human Rights in Cambodia. 

His practice centres on conflict management interventions including mediation, facilitation, investigation and conflict coaching.  Peter is one of Australia’s most experienced conflict management teachers and practitioners. He presently teaches in several Universities and other organizations. He has written a leading text titled Conflict Management: A Practical Guide (Lexis Nexis, 2008, 3rd ed.) as well as numerous articles.  

He is the founding President of The Victorian Association for Restorative Justice; a member of the ADR Committee of the Victorian Bar; and Legal Member of the Mental Health Review Board.  He is also working as part of research team at the Laboratory for Decision Support and Dispute Resolution at Victoria University into aspects of disputing in strata title (owners corporations) properties and also families.  He is legal member of the Victoria University Ethics Committee.

Practice Experience
Over 600 mediations, arbitrations and facilitations including commercial, industrial, workplace, contractual, building, aged care and family disputes.  Extensive experience in workplace and organizational disputes including with large educational and human service organizations.  He has also been involved in a number of large environmental and planning cases including the Regional Forest Agreement (Qld.), Multi-Use Planning Processes (DNR), Stradbroke Island, Native Title disputes, Sustainable Visitor Management and regional fisheries management.