NT Police must immediately be disarmed of weapons in remote communities. This is the only way that there will be a ceasefire.

Funds should instead be redirected to community- controlled alternatives, like night patrols and community mediation, that have proven time and time again that we are the best equipped to keep ourselves safe.

We will not tolerate any further ex- military postings or external police units from elsewhere in the NT or Australia. Only First Nations police liaison officers, Elders and our community should have decision- making powers over policing. This includes being able to evict police who do not cooperate with local community or respect our decision- making authority.

An end to all discriminatory powers and laws that were introduced with the NT Intervention, including special police powers, compulsory income management, prohibition of consideration of customary law and others.

This includes, but isn’t limited to, our permit system, tribal council, community housing, and our community health clinic.

All our local Warlpiri organisations require increased funding. We need resources for a properly waged employment program that can allow for self- determined community development that meets local needs. This will allow our people to live a full life in our community and on our lands.

Youth detention has grown under the Intervention. The criminalisation of our young people must stop. They are locked up as young as ten years old for minor things and they are abused by the system. We want an end to youth detention. Bring our young people back to community and Country for healing and support programs designed and delivered by us.

We need the true story about our loved one, Kumanjayi Walker, to be told. The mainstream media in this country is racist. It put our loved one on trial through defamation, racialised stereotyping and blatant lies.

The Channel 7 program in November 2021, for example, was shame-less pro- police propaganda. Channel 7 came into our community even though we denied them permission through our local organisations, the Central Land Council and Pintubi Anmatjere Warlpiri (PAW) Media. The racist report was produced without our consent, it broadcast a video of the shooting of our loved one and it caused our families and communities right across central desert the most serious trauma and distress. We don’t want scavenger journalists making media on us without our consent any more.

In the wake of the not guilty verdict in March 2022 many outlets produced very racist reports, particularly Kristin Shorten’s articles in The Australian. We want to be able to correct the lies they have told. Racist media propels racist violence in the streets and our people suffer. Racism in the media causes our people pain. Media need to be accountable. We don’t want anyone talking about our community who know nothing about our community. Where there are racist comments online, media outlets need to make sure that these are not published as a duty of care to our people. All the media knew about our loved one was what was written in police records, not the truth that we know. We want to let our loved one rest. We want the stories of how he was loved for, and cared for, to be shared and known.

There must be no more all-white juries. Customary law must be considered in the processes of the court system, such as jury selection, as well as in the colonial law itself.

We did not see a just or fair trial. We did not see all relevant evidence brought before the court. We saw a jury with no Aboriginal person on it. There was no consideration of our cultural needs or our customary law. The trial should have taken place in Mparntwe Alice Springs, not 1500 km away. We were unheard and disrespected. Rolfe must be held accountable for shooting Kumanjayi Walker and we demand a retrial.

An Independent investigation into all aspects of undue court process in the case of Zachary Rolfe: including the granting of bail, the jury selection, the conduct of judges, the dismissal of jurors and other aspects of the trial process.