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