Mediators panel
If you are a petroleum company or landholder needing help to reach a land access agreement or variation, you can request a mediator to assist with negotiations.
Members of the mediators panel are appointed by the Minister for Mining and Industry. They can conduct a mediation between a petroleum company and landholder.
The department will appoint a panel member for you.
Current members of the mediators panel are:
PO Box 337
Bungendore NSW 2621
medius@ozemail.com.au
0421 908 948.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediation Accreditation System
- Professional member, Resolution Institute
- Appointed native title mediator, Federal Court of Australia
- Appointed farm debt mediator, QLD Rural and Industry Development Authority.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws
- Admitted as a solicitor in 2000
- Member, QLD Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Restorative facilitator, Defence Force Ombudsman
- Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (University of NSW/Chartered Institute).
Fourth floor
Selborne Chambers
Level 4, 174 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
gracie@4selborne.com.au
02 9232 4293 or 0417 040 088.
Mediation
- Professional member, Resolution Institute
- Member of arbitration panel (NSW Mining Act 1992 and Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991).
Law
- Bachelor of Laws, (Hons - class I)
- Admitted as a solicitor in 1987 and a barrister in 1988
- Senior member, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Member, NSW District Court Arbitration Panel and NSW Bar Association Arbitration Panel
- Grade one arbitrator, Resolution Institute
- Member of Railway Access Arbitration Panel
- Member of NSW Bar Association Expert Determiners Panel
- NBN Co. panel arbitrator (appointed by the ACCC)
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
Level 18 Chambers
Level 18, 239 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
josephmanner@qldbar.asn.au
07 3003 1710 or 0458 101 010.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediation Accreditation System
- Professional member, Resolution Institute
- Queensland Mediator for Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014 (QLD) Disputes - Resolution Institute.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Finance and Macroeconomics)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Urban and Environmental Planning
- Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Master of Laws (Commercial Law)
- Admitted as a solicitor in 2013
- Admitted as a barrister in 2016
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Graded arbitrator, Resolution Institute
- Probity advisor, NSW Government, NSW Treasury, QLD Government.
C6, 118 Railway Street
West Perth WA 6005
john@southalan.net
08 9226 0358 or 0450 507 332.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediation Accreditation System
- Professional member, Resolution Institute
- Online dispute resolution practitioner certification, Holistic Solutions, ICFML, Resolution Institute
- Independent examiner, Australian National Contact Point (regarding compliance and complaints under the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises). As a result, cannot accept any mediation engagement involving the OECD guidelines.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws
- Master of Business Administration (Mineral Resources Management)
- Admitted as a solicitor in 1993
- Admitted as a barrister in 2014
- Honorary lecturer, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (Dundee).
9 Wentworth Chambers
180 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
inbox@marywalker.com.au
02 8815 9250.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediation Accreditation System
- Advanced mediation accreditation and professional member, Resolution Institute
- Internationally accredited mediator, International Mediation Institute
- Appointed mediator, ACT Supreme Court and NSW Supreme Court
- Chair, NSW Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee
- Leading mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
- Accredited mediator, NSW Bar Association.
Law
- BA Hons LLB
- Admitted as a solicitor in 1986
- Admitted as a barrister in 1988
- NBN Arbitrator Panel
- Approved arbitrator and expert determiner, NSW Bar Association
- Chair, Law Council of Australia ADR Committee (Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
- Chair/co-chair, Law Council of Australia ADR Committee (International Law) and Arbitration Committee.
William Forster Chambers
Darwin NT 0820
swalsh@ebchambers.com.au
08 8982 4700 or 0438 603 988.
Mediation
- Professional member, Resolution Institute
- Appointed mediator, NT Supreme Court
- Former member, NSW Bar Association ADR Committee
- Nationally-accredited mediator, appointed NSW Supreme Court/District Court.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws
- Admitted as a solicitor in 1973
- Admitted as a barrister in 1973
- Appointed as Queens Counsel in 1991
- Grade one arbitrator, Resolution Institute.
William Forster Chambers
Darwin NT 0800
dbaldry@williamforster.com
08 8982 4700.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System
- Multidisciplinary mediator, Australian Disputes Centre
- Professional member, Resolution Institute
- Appointed mediator, NT Supreme Court.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws
- Admitted as a solicitor in 1979
- Admitted as a barrister in 2012
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Building disputes adjudicator, NT, WA and QLD
- Sessional member, NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
PO Box 117
Rockingham WA 6968
sarah@smblake.com
0419 841 184.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System
- Internationally accredited mediator, International Mediation Institute
- Accredited mediator, Resolution Institute
- Panel mediator, Aboriginal Mediation Service, Department of Justice WA
- Native title panel mediator, Federal Court of Australia.
Francis Burt Chambers
Perth WA 6009
sellis@francisburt.com.au
08 9220 0511.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System
- Fellow, Resolution Institute
- Chair, Law Society of WA ADR Committee.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Master of Laws
- Admitted as a legal practitioner in 1983
- General and Advanced Professional Certificate in Arbitration
- Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
- Senior sessional member, State Administrative Tribunal (WA)
- Presiding member, Electricity Review Board (WA)
- Registered adjudicator, Construction Contracts (NT)
- Chartered arbitrator and fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Grade one arbitrator/fellow, Resolution Institute and Australia Centre for International Resolution
- Panel member, Economic Regulation Authority (WA) (National Gas Rules and Railway Access Code).
8 Wentworth Chambers
Sydney NSW 2000
losurdo@8wentworth.com.au
02 9223 3181 or 0407 015 945
William Forster Chambers, Darwin
08 8982 4700
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System
- Internationally accredited mediator, International Mediation Institute
- Accredited mediator, Singapore International Mediation Institute
- Accredited mediator and mediation coach, Papua New Guinea
- Fellow, Resolution Institute
- Fellow, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
- ACICA Mediational Panel
- Advanced mediator, Resolution Institute
- Supreme Court of NSW Mediation Panel
- District Court of NSW Mediation Panel
- Leading mediator, Doyle's Guide 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
Law
- Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws
- Admitted as a solicitor in 1987 and a barrister in 1996
- Appointed as Senior Counsel in 2011
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Grade 1 Arbitrator, Resolution Institute
- Accredited expert determiner, Resolution Institute
- District Court of NSW Arbitration Panel
- Senior member, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Member, National Sports Tribunal
13/200 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
dr@donnarossdisputeresolution.com
03 8648 6422 or 0412 060 854.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System
- International accredited mediator, International Mediators Institute
- Accredited specialist in mediation, Law Institute of Victoria
- Leading mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
- ADR panel member, Australia Disputes Centre
- ADR panel mediator, Magistrates Court of Australia
- Panel mediator, Victorian Small Business Commission
- Panel mediator, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Conciliator panel member, code of conduct for Australian Winegrape Purchases
- Panel arbitrator, NBN Co.
Law
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate Law and Dispute Resolution
- Master of Laws (LL.M. and J.D. equivalent) in Business Law
- Admitted as a solicitor in 2017
- Admitted as an attorney-at-law in New York in 2003
- Graded arbitrator, Resolution Institute
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow, Resolution Institute.
Suite 5
9 Swan Crescent, Winnellie
Darwin NT 0820
george@roussoslegaladvisory.com
08 8981 8783 or 0419 819 861.
Mediation
- Nationally accredited mediator, National Mediator Accreditation System
- Advanced negotiation workshop, Harvard Law School.
Law
- Bachelor of Laws
- Admitted as a solicitor
- Sessional member, NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Legal practitioner in private legal practice.
Last updated: 08 August 2022
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