ISSUE 3  •  FEBRUARY 2022

A NEWSLETTER BY RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA VICTORIA

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What do the New and Emerging Family Law Reforms Mean for FDR Practice? (Webinar Panel Discussion)

Hosted by an expert family law panel.

Date: Thursday 24 February 2022
Time: 3 – 4:30pm (AEDT)
Cost: $50 including GST

Registrations close soon! Secure your place now

Whether you’re an established Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) Practitioner, or still in training, it’s important to keep up with current and emerging family law reforms.

We invite you to join us for an online conversation and learn from FDR experts Dr Andrew Bickerdike, Susan Hamilton-Green and Greg Rooney.

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) provides FDR from centres across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. FDR can be a helpful way to resolve family law disputes about post-separation-parenting arrangements, financial matters and property settlements.

About our Panellists

Dr Andrew Bickerdike is CEO of RAV and past Board Chair of Relationships Australia National. He holds tertiary qualifications in both economics and psychology and a Doctorate in Dispute Resolution. Andrew has experience and specialist training in individual, marital and family therapy, and FDR, and has practised as a mediator and FDR practitioner for over 20 years. In addition to Andrew’s extensive FDR knowledge and experience, he has an in-depth understanding of the current and emerging family law climate and its impact on FDR practice and outcomes.

Susan Hamilton-Green has practised exclusively in family law for over 30 years. Her work has involved all aspects of family law, including financial and parenting matters, and a large part of her current practice involves appointments as an Independent Children’s Lawyer. She has been accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as a specialist in family law since 1990.

Greg Rooney has been a practising mediator in Australia since 1991. He retired from legal practice in 1996 to work full-time as a mediator, arbitrator and dispute resolution consultant. He has mediated more than 1,500 disputes in a diverse range of conflicts including multi-party disputes involving government institutions, commercial and industrial disputes, agricultural disputes, franchise disputes, matrimonial disputes and disputes involving conflict in the workplace.

Ideal for:

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners and students. 

Coming up next!

Single Session Contacts in Online Therapeutic Practice

Online workshop
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9:30am – 12:30pm AEDT

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Online workshop
Thursday 3 March
9:30am – 12:30pm AEDT

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Applied Property Family Dispute Resolution Skills Training

Face-to-face workshop in Camberwell, Victoria.
Wednesday 16 March
9:30am – 4pm AEDT

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Vicarious Trauma

Online workshop
Thursday 17 March
9:30am – 12:30pm AEDT

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We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma.
We recognise those who had children taken away from them.

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