A big turnout packed Wundunarrkoo Hall on Sunday to hear one man's views on the restrictions Aborigines face in remote Northern Territory communities.

The former Howard government declared an intervention in remote Aboriginal communities in 2007 in response to a Northern Territory report into sexual abuse.

It involves police and army patrols, alcohol bans, health checks for Aboriginal children and welfare payments quarantined in remote communities.

But it's the removal of Aboriginal land rights that has angered communities the most.

Mr Downs is a spokesman for the Alyawarr people, who have walked off their community land at Ampilatwatja and set camp outside its designated boundaries.

He is touring the capital cities in his campaign against both sides of Federal Government.

He has been joined on the tour by Yuendumu community spokesman Harry Nelson.

``My aim is to unite people across Australia, give them the full picture and ask them not to listen to the Government, which is trying to pull the cotton wool over their eyes,'' he said. ``We've been shut down and have no voice.

``A lot of people are depressed and out of work. It [the intervention] has created segregation within communities.''

Mr Downs said he received a fantastic public response in Sydney, where he got backing from the NSW Maritime Union.

He was scathing of federal politicians, who, he said, had done nothing to stop the ``racist and discriminatory'' intervention.

``No one is standing up for our rights or listening to the Aboriginal people. Politicians need to change their ways of thinking and squash this intervention.

'`Let's start over again. This is 2009, not the 1700s.''