A group of community, health and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations have urged the NT government to retain the Minimum Unit Price (floor price) on alcohol across the Territory.

A minimum unit price of $1.30 per drink was introduced under the former Labor government to try and reduce alcohol-related violence, but Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has vowed to wind back the floor price and instead target "nuisance drinkers".

Experts say retaining the minimum floor price for alcohol in the Northern Territory is vital to protect the health and wellbeing of all Territorians.

This week, NT Parliament will debate a bill to remove the floor price, with a number of organisations calling for more engagement from the government with communities to develop a strategy to reduce harm rather than remove policies they say, "are shown to work".

"We're asking the NT Government to work collaboratively with us, so that we can continue to make meaningful progress towards reducing the harm from alcohol in our communities," the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) Chief Executive Dr John Paterson said.

"What we want to maintain and further develop is a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy that protects the health and wellbeing of all Territorians and promotes community cohesion and safety."

The NT government has already introduced a number of laws they say are designed to protect the community, including strengthening bail laws, lowering the age of criminal responsibility and giving police the power to fine, charge and arrest people in public places where alcohol is prohibited.

"A big part of the offending that causes so much harm to the Northern Territory is around alcohol-fuelled violence, and we know that nuisance public drinking has become a major issue no matter where you go in the territory," the chief minister told reporters in October.

Danila Dilba Health Service chief executive, Rob McPhee, said the NT is facing problems which require building on policies and programs which work, rather than taking them away.

"Removing the floor price will spell disaster and is likely to lead to more harm, more crime and more disadvantage," he said.

This was reiterated by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress' chief executive, Donna Ah Chee, who said: "When controls on alcohol availability are relaxed, we see more of our women in emergency departments, more kids hungry, more drunken assaults."

"Policies to keep women and families safe need to be implemented and sustained."

After the floor pricing was introduced, there was a 14 per cent drop in assaults as a result of alcohol, as well as a 21 per cent reduction in domestic and family violence assaults where alcohol was a causing factor, according to Dr Cassandra Wright, a senior research fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research.

"There is strong evidence that the floor price has worked to reduce alcohol harms," Dr Wright said, while saying it wasn't the only pricing model that was effective and was willing to work with the NT government to explore "all available options".

Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation chief executive, Michael Rotumah, mirrored this, arguing it was "crucial" the government adopted a strategy guided by community input and evidence.

"We are all wanting to work with the Government to improve the lives of Territorians by preventing and reducing alcohol harms," Mr Rotumah said.

A 2022 government-commissioned review didn't offer a definitive analysis of the policy, arguing longer term data was needed. Whilst finding a reduction in alcohol-related harms, it couldn't be definitely attributed to the floor pricing.

It found no evidence of a negative impact on industry or the economy.

Last year, Hospitality Minister Marie-Clare Boothby said the policy punished the majority "for the actions of a few, who are forced to pay higher prices at bottle shops while seeing no reduction in alcohol-related harm in their community".

"Repealing it aligns with real life evidence, community-driven solutions rather than ideological, untested policies by the former Labor government," she said.