Belinda Miller is a Special Counsel in the Workplace Relations & Safety team, with a reputation for navigating sensitive and complex employment law issues with clarity and strategic insight. With a background that spans private practice, government, trade union and community legal sectors, she brings a unique perspective to her work, particularly in the public sector and discrimination space. Belinda is known for her thoughtful and pragmatic approach and is often trusted with matters involving high legal, reputational or organisational risk.
She has been recognised as the ACT Young Lawyer of the Year and named among Best Lawyers Australia's Ones to Watch.
Experience
Belinda advises Commonwealth and private sector clients across all areas of employment, industrial relations, and workplace safety. Her expertise spans workplace investigations (including complex Code and PID matters), discrimination law, enterprise bargaining, litigation, compliance audits, and public sector advisory. She is particularly experienced in providing strategic support on performance management, misconduct and investigations involving vulnerable or high-profile individuals.
Belinda has represented clients in matters before the Fair Work Commission, Federal Circuit Court, Federal Court of Australia and various tribunals. She regularly leads internal workplace investigations and has a strong record of assisting clients through complex restructures, bargaining frameworks, and enterprise agreement transitions.
Belinda’s areas of expertise include:
- APS employment law and Code of Conduct investigations
- workplace investigations and Public Interest Disclosure investigations and management
- discrimination and diversity matters
- industrial strategy and enterprise bargaining
- litigation and advocacy before tribunals and courts
- employment compliance and executive advisory.
Career highlights
Belinda's career highlights include:
- leading and advising on multiple sensitive Code of Conduct and Public Interest Disclosure investigations for agencies such as the Department of Home Affairs, Comcare, and the Australian Federal Police
- representing the Australian Building and Construction Commission in Federal Circuit Court litigation involving multiple breaches of the Fair Work Act by CFMMEU officials
- coordinating and advising on payroll compliance audits for major education clients including the University of Canberra and Charles Darwin University
- advising the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on managing SES-level misconduct and performance concerns, including strategy and internal briefings
- acting for Hartley Lifecare to terminate an outdated enterprise agreement, implement a full industrial restructure, and navigate a roster reform
- delivering targeted PID training and compliance workshops to clients including Comcare, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs
- advising on and negotiating new enterprise agreements for several Commonwealth agencies, including navigating the new APS-wide bargaining framework
- representing clients in high-stakes unfair dismissal, general protections, and discrimination matters involving reputational risk and complex legal frameworks.