She walked away from her childhood dream as a policewoman, but Leanne refuses to give up on justice

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Leanne had to leave the NT to join the police, now she has a plan to change the whole justice system.

As her community meeting in Ikuntji gets underway, locals gather in chairs and lean on car bonnets as they discuss how to fix the system.

"They're never going to be able to control the safety of their community if they're not empowered and supported to drive that change," she says. "That is the very reason why programs need to be built into the community, delivered in the community and culturally competent, so that the community feels safe to attend that," she says.

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