Tonight on Done by Law we are joined by Stephen Luntz, elections analyst for the Greens, who’ll answer all our questions about the recent Federal election and how we ended up with a hung parliament (and what that means). It is early days for electoral analysis, but he will give us his initial thoughts about what happened [...]

Today on Done By Law we talk to Ben Schokman, the Director of International Human Rights advocacy at the Human Rights Law Resource Center located in Melbourne about the recent litigation the Center launched together with GetUp! about the right to vote of unregistered voters.This is the second public interest case the Center has been [...]

The 18th International AIDS conference was held this year in Vienna, Austria.  The Vienna Declaration, which calls for international reform of illicit drug policies, is the official declaration of the conference. Joining us tonight on Done by Law to discuss the Declaration is Dr Alex Wodak, who has long been an outspoken advocate for a harm [...]

A forum was held on Thursday 5 Auguest about two new offences created by the Victorian parliament late last year specifically aimed at deterring protest activity at coal-fired power stations. Panel members discuss the legal and civil liberties implications of the laws as well as the ways to understand and respond to this narrowing of [...]

Lex Wotton has just been paroled. For him, this closes another chapter in his struggle for the mistreatment of people on Palm Island to be stopped. Lex Wotton was found guilty of riot in the wake of the tragic death in custody of Mulrunji (Cameron) Doomadgee in custody in 2004. We hear from Craig Longman, [...]

The NT intervention’s caused much heartache in remote communities. Extentsive restrictions were imposed on indigenous communities with respect to grog, income and controversially pornography. But it’s income management that has affected the lives of indigenous people the most. Instead of receiving money from Centrlink their payments are quarantined to be used for specific purposes. Communities [...]