According to some reading I did some time ago, the Australian Quality Training Framework requires that all life coaches must be certified by 2012.

So I am focussing on life coaching courses that are nationally and internationally accredited.

Found these providers online:
The Life Coaching Academy
The Coaching Institute
Professional Christian Coaching & Counseling Academy
Life Coaching Institute of Australia

The Life Coaching Academy offers a Cert IV in Life Coaching for $5990. You also have the option of a 3-, 6- or 12-month payment plan.

However, LCA has now decided to run its courses exclusively in Gold Coast.

One down.

The Coaching Institute has an impressive website that's easy on the eye, informative and intuitive.

The Cert IV in Life Coaching costs $4995 (Express) or $5491 (deposit $1495, $77 weekly in 12 months).

The PCCCA, which is founded by US-based Dr. Leelo Dianne Bush, offers a Certified Christian Life Coach course for 2900USD, with a 5- or 10-payment plan.

LCIA offers a Cert IV and Diploma in Life Coaching by correspondence. What I like is that you also get to do electives called Specialty Streams: Executive, Business, Workplace, Health and Wellness, Career and Life Cycle Coaching.

The Cert IV is $2950 upfront or $285 x 12 (months).

Additional costs depend on the number of Specialty Streams you do. Cert IV + 3 streams = $4435 or $285 x 19.

Decisions, decisions...