Blak Justice

In this urgent follow-up episode of Blak Justice, we return to Victoria Park, Barrambin, where the Goori Tent Embassy has been resisting the Queensland Government’s push to begin work on the new Olympic stadium. After police, council workers and authorities moved in to disrupt the Tent Embassy on Friday 29 May 2026, tents were removed, activists were moved on, and the Embassy’s sacred fire was dis...

At Victoria Park- Barrambin- in Brisbane, a new frontline has been set. Father and son Derek Sandy Jrn and Uncle Derek Orman have established a Goori Tent Embassy with their supports and are standing in resistance against the proposed Olympic stadium, fighting for land, and sovereign Blak Justice on their own terms

In Part 2 of Leah’s story, we hear what happens after leaving a domestic violence relationship and how the impacts don’t just disappear. Leah reflects on the lasting effects of violence ten years on, and how it has shaped her life and her children’s lives. She shares the complex and painful reality of intergenerational trauma, including her eldest son beginning to show behaviours of family violenc...

In Australia, Domestic and family violence continues to impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at disproportionately high rates. In this episode of Blak Justice, 'Leah' shares her lived experience of domestic violence, speaking about the realities of survival, and the challenges of seeking safety and support as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman living in a remote community...

In part one with guest Bernard Namok, we heard how he was racially profiled and falsely imprisoned by Queensland police on more than one occasion. and the effects that's had on him since. In part 2 of his story, Bernard goes from being wrongly accused by the police, to then having to trust them, after he became a victim of youth crime in Cairns. If you’re Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and n...

This week's guest is Torres Strait Islander man Bernard Namok Jrn. While visiting family in Cairns in 2022, Bernard and a friend were pulled over by police for a routine traffic stop, that took a turn for the worse. In part one of our conversation, Bernard spoke about his experiences being racially profiled by the Queensland police as a Torres Strait Islander man, and how being wrongly accused by...

In this opening episode of Blak Justice, host Carly Wallace shares her personal journey and experiences with the justice system- both in her own life and through her work in media and advocacy and what led her to create the Blak Justice podcast. Palm island media snippet credit: 'The Point', NITV If you’re Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and need support after listening to this podcast, you c...

Introducing 'Blak Justice', a podcast sharing the lived realities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people impacted by the justice system in Australia. For many of our families and communities, the justice system isn’t something distant or foreign, it’s something we live with, whether through our own experiences or through the people we love, it impacts our community in every way. Too often...