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Boni & Jimi are joined by Belinda Lo for a 'fireside chat' on lawyer wellbeing and the Victorian Legal Services Board's recent framework on Lawyer Wellbeing Systems Theory of Change. Belinda (or Bee) is the Director of Legal Services and Principal Lawyer at Eastern Community Legal Centre and a longstanding advocate for improving wellbeing across the legal profession.If this episode causes distress, please engage Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636) or other support services available to you. Details and tickets for Done By Law's 2026 Trivia Night can be found here: https://events.humanitix.com/done-by-law-3cr-trivia-2026

This week on Done By Law we spoke with YACVic Participation and Development Manager, Sam Champion, and Youthlaw Manager of Outreach and Education, Lisa Nguyen.We discussed the work of the Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic). YACVic is the peak body and leading policy advocate for young people and the youth sector in Victoria. It is an expert in youth participation and coordinates the Youth Participation Practice Network (YPPN). Key to YACVic’s own youth participation work is its innovative young peer facilitation model. YACVic Young Peer Facilitators are a group of young people from across Victoria with a diverse range of lived experience who are trained and supported to lead discussions on a wide range of issues. These facilitators work on all sorts of projects in YACVic and with other organisations. These could be leading discussion groups on pressing issues for young people, training youth workers, or working on policies for positive community change.We also heard about work being done by Youthlaw’s education program, and how the two organisations complement and support each other.  Youthlaw - the Young People's Legal Rights Centre - is a free state-wide legal service for young people up to age 25 in Victoria. Youthlaw builds legal education with young people not just for them – through free legal advice, community legal education sessions, and youth-led content so that rights information reaches young people where they already are.

Listeners may have heard of the Fair Work Commission order last month, imposing minimum standards for delivery “employee-like” workers working on digital labour platforms such as rideshare, package delivery and food-delivery apps. But what standards are there for these workers who get involved in motor vehicle accidents? And what protections, if any, exist for these workers? In this episode we chat to Aidan McCarthy, Deputy Managing Lawyer of Fitzroy Legal Service’s Night Service team, about how the recent Fair Work Commission order is impacting “gig economy” workers in our community.You can find out more about Fitzroy Legal Service here: https://fls.org.au/

Jimi is joined by Hannah White, Senior Lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia to discuss her team's effort to represent 10 Australia in their human rights case against the Australian government for failing to protect our communities from climate pollution caused by Australia’s coal and gas corporations - also known as the 'Hard Truths' case. Learn more about the Hard Truths at hardtruthscase.org.au or on Instagram at @hardtruthscase.

Boni & Jimi are joined by the Honourable Anthony North KC and Eve Gallagher of the Victorian Law Reform Commission and Belinda Lo of Eastern Community Legal Centre to discuss the Commission's Inquiry into Legal Privilege and Integrated Legal Assistance Services. Tune in to find out how the Commission and the legal sector are navigating this complex area of policy, ethics and legal duties in order to best protect the rights of community members. Find out more about the project here: https://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/project/legal-privilege-and-integrated-legal-assistance-services/Tune into the Commission's own podcast here: https://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/podcasts/episode-15-legal-privilege-and-integrated-legal-assistance-services-podcast/

Madeleine Howle joins Jimi and Boni on the show to chat about the recent changes that have been made to whistleblower protections under the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Madaeleine is a lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and works in their Whistleblower Project team.Madeleine talks us through what has changed under the new laws, and what further changes are needed to better protect people accessing and working under the scheme.Learn more about the Human Rights Law Centre's Whistleblower Project: https://www.hrlc.org.au/whistleblower-project/

An interview with Zana Bytheway of Jobwatch about their telephone advice and casework service assisting Victorians with employment law issues

Boni is joined by Clare, Serena and Ella who are all lawyers from the Wirraway Practice at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service to talk about police and prison accountability work, and what they are seeing on the ground as Victoria’s bail laws get tougher.Wirraway is a Wurundjeri word meaning ‘challenge’. The Wirraway Practice provides free legal help to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients who have experienced harm because of the actions of police or prison authorities.Learn more about Wirraway here: vals.org.au/about-legal-services/wirraway/Follow Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service's work here: instagram.com/vicaboriginallegalservice/

Sam Sowerwine and Miles Browne join Boni on the show to talk about NDIS reform. Sam is the Associate Director and Miles the Managing Lawyer of the Economic and Social Rights Program at Victoria Legal Aid. Sam and Miles helpfully run us through the recent changes to the scheme, the reason behind these changes and the concerns raised by advocates about the impact this reform will have on people with disabilities and their families.

Sarah Sacher joins Jimi and Boni to talk about a recent report published by the Human Technology Institute on the use of tech-enabled sureveillance tools, including AI, in the workplace.  Sarah is a Senior Responsible Techonology Policy Specialist at the Human Technology Institute and works on influencing technology policy and law reform through a human rights lens.  Sarah discusses the current state of worker surveillance in Australia and how the gaps and uncertainties in our current laws are failing both workers and employers. Sarah outlines the reform that is needed to ensure that the human rights of workers are better protected in this area.  To find out more about this report and the work of the Human Technology Institute, head to: https://www.uts.edu.au/news/2026/03/australian-law-must-protect-workers-from-harmful-tech-enabled-surveillance

Jimi and Boni sit down with Eric Hayward, a Wudjari/Kaneang Noongar Elder, Historian at the University of Western Australia, and Truth Teller about Western Australia's Black colonial history.Eric discusses his reflections on Invasion Day, and whether recent processes in Victoria of Truth Telling and Treaty are translatable to the Western end of the continent.To find out more about Eric's research and advocacy work, head to: http://noongarboodjarjustice.com/

Jimi sits down with Nerita Waight, a proud Yorta Yorta and Narrandjeri woman, the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and a member of Victoria’s First Peoples' Assembly.In October, a landmark Bill passed through the Victorian Parliament to enable Australia’s first Treaty between First Peoples and government.  Nerita has played a key role in the treaty process and joins the show to discuss what led up to this historic moment, what will come next and what this means for the ongoing fight for justice and self-determination of Victoria’s First Peoples.You can find the text of Victoria's Treaty, as well as more information on the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria here: https://firstpeoplesvic.org/treaty/

Jimi sits down with prominent disability advocate Uli Cartwright, an incredible individual who has faced numerous hurdles in the journey to sharing his story. Uli discusses his documentary 'Life is a Battlefied', currently on SBS On Demand, and the legal battles he has fought to keep the documentary online. Find the documentary here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/life-is-a-battlefield/Uli continues his advoacy through his foundation of the same name, Life is a Battlefield, found here: https://lifeisabattlefield.org/

There are many different situations in which people can find themselves unfairlytreated at work or sacked from their employment. In today’s show we are going to belooking at a few of those situations and the different rights, support, and processesyou can go through if that happens.Our guest is Siobhan Doyle who is the Principle Managing Lawyer of the Civiland Human Rights Practice at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service or VALS. VALSoften provide legal advice and represent clients in conciliations at the Fair WorkCommission when people are unfairly dismissed.

Every day in Victoria, people are subject to compulsory treatment orders. Those subject to these orders lose many of their rights and freedoms and are treated even where they do not agree. These processes have stripped people of their autonomy and caused lasting trauma for many. Today's guest is Jake, a 28-year-old Gunditjmara and Gunnaikurnai man and member of the LGBTIQ community. Jake joins Done By Law to share his reflections on being subject to several compulsory treatment orders and what changes he hopes to see in this space to better respect people's autonomy. This episode includes discussion of some difficult topics. If you need support, please call lifeline on 131 114 or 13YARN for mob on 139276.