The Martin ALP government, which came to power in 2001, was at pains in its first term to distance itself from the negative approach to Indigenous affairs of the previous CLP government. In seeking to address the issue of ‘antisocial behaviour’, rather than jail itinerants, it sought to engage the Northern Territory Indigenous community leadership, and in particular the Larrakia as ‘traditional owners’ of Darwin, in the ‘Community Harmony Project’. This program focused on alcohol rehabilitation, increased community or night patrols, and repatriation of itinerants to their home communities. The Larrakia Nation received a grant of $500 000 to facilitate its involvement. The Larrakia Nation, in consultation with its membership, established a behaviour protocol for visiting Indigenous people that is widely advertised around Darwin in the form of posters in shop windows and signs in known ‘anti-social behaviour’ hot spots, that proclaim Larrakia authority over Darwin on the basis that they are the ‘traditional owners’. Despite opposing prior Larrakia claims to the Darwin area the Northern Territory government utilised opportunistically the corporate identity of Larrakia as the ‘traditional owners’ of Darwin as a way of ridding the city of homeless Indigenous people.