Your Honour, It’s a Blak Thing! https://itsablakthing.podbean.com Your Honour, it’s a Blak Thing! is a podcast by the Aboriginal Services Branch at Legal Aid NSW, created for legal practitioners, professionals and community workers across the NSW legal sector. The podcast centres Aboriginal voices, knowledges and lived experiences to deepen cultural understandings and support culturally safe legal practice.]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:08:02 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Education 1440 episodic itsablakthing itsablakthing No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22035087/Your_Honour_It_s_a_Blak_Thing_1400_x_14008ydr8.png Your Honour, It’s a Blak Thing! https://itsablakthing.podbean.com 144 144 Your Honour, it’s a Blak Thing! Civil Law Stories: Culture, Connection and Walking Beside Mob Your Honour, it’s a Blak Thing! Civil Law Stories: Culture, Connection and Walking Beside Mob https://itsablakthing.podbean.com/e/your-honour-it-s-a-blak-thing-civil-law-stories-culture-connection-and-walking-beside-mob/ https://itsablakthing.podbean.com/e/your-honour-it-s-a-blak-thing-civil-law-stories-culture-connection-and-walking-beside-mob/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:08:02 -0300 itsablakthing.podbean.com/9ce5e95d-1c0b-3d49-b451-e38e51ed69be In this episode, Director Kim Hamer, Senior Solicitors Lucinda Walder and Merinda Dutton, and Senior Project Officer Kyle Burgess explore culturally safe approaches to civil law representation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Together, they discuss common civil law issues impacting Mob, the importance of building trust and understanding community context, and practical ways legal practitioners can provide culturally responsive support that empowers clients and strengthens access to justice.

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]]> itsablakthing false No 3147 1 full Your Honour, it’s a cultural thing! Black Letter Lore: Representing Mob with Culture in Mind Your Honour, it’s a cultural thing! Black Letter Lore: Representing Mob with Culture in Mind https://itsablakthing.podbean.com/e/your-honour-it-s-a-cultural-thing-black-letter-lore-representing-mob-with-culture-in-mind/ https://itsablakthing.podbean.com/e/your-honour-it-s-a-cultural-thing-black-letter-lore-representing-mob-with-culture-in-mind/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:43:00 -0300 itsablakthing.podbean.com/77a53f9e-b3ea-3b34-8cbd-cac89827aad8 In this episode, Director, Kim Hamer, Senior Solicitor Taylah Gray, and Senior Project Officer, Kyle Burgess, unpack the best practices for culturally appropriate representation, the role of Aboriginal Field Officers, and the importance of understanding Indigenous kinship, language, and cultural obligations.

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