Table 2 Summary of key dates for advocacy adapted from the Foundation of Alcohol Research and Education (FARE, 2021) [65]
Date | Advocacy strategy |
|---|---|
June 2019 | Health organisations, researchers and community advocates provide submissions and evidence to Independent Liquor Commission hearing |
August-Oct 2019 | Health organisations provide submissions to NTCAT. FARE file an application to NTCAT emphasising application for substitution of license require an existing premises |
December 2019 | FARE confronts Woolworths chairman at the AGM about the increased risk of alcohol-related harm if the Dan Murphy’s store was built |
March 2020 | FARE writes to the board of Woolworths Group and to major corporate shareholders |
May 2020 | Elder, Aunty Helen Fejo-Frith’s plea to stop the Dan Murphy’s released in several media outlets along with videos denouncing the actions of Woolworths by Aboriginal community members |
November 2020 | Change.org petition receives over 130,000 signatures [101]. |
November 2020 | Health organisations provide submissions to director of liquor licensing hearing |
November 2020 | FARE confronts Woolworths Group at the 2020 AGM about Aboriginal health organisations and Communities denouncing of the proposed Dan Murphy’s store |
December 2020 | Forty-five Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organisations publish open letter to chairman of Woolworths in the Australian Financial Review newspaper |
February 2021 | Push for NAIDOC and Reconciliation Australia to reconsider support for Woolworths |
February 2021 | Health organisations, researchers and community advocates provide submissions and evidence to the Independent Panel Review (Gilbert Review) |
March 2021 | Danila Dilba Aboriginal Health Service challenges Woolworths’ licence approval in the NT Supreme Court |
April 2021 | Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community leaders emphasise the increased alcohol-related harm that would come from the Dan Murphy’s in Australian news media outlets including Special Broadcasting Service, NITV and Australian Broadcasting Corporation |