Calls are growing for greater measures to tackle the impact of the fuel crisis in remote and regional Australia.

Not-for-profit group Country Needs People, which is led by a majority Indigenous board, has urged the federal government to ensure Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas are catered for in any response to addressing fuel and inflation pressures.

On Friday the group noted that with Indigenous Protected Areas representing 108 million hectares of land and eight million hectares of sea, it is critical that Rangers can continue to get out and do their work on Country, and have the operational security to run their vehicles, boats, generators and other operational needs.

"We urge the government not to forget the important work done by Indigenous Rangers and in Indigenous Protected Areas in this crisis", said Country Needs People chief executive Paddy O'Leary.

"Indigenous land and sea managers are working in Australia's most remote areas, where there are few alternatives. Fuel and inflation pressures are directly impacting their work and community."

Country Needs People urged the government not to forget the vital work being done by Rangers and in Indigenous Protected Areas nationally, including biodiversity protection, visitor assistance, and often being first responders in cases of fire, flood or cyclone.

"In the shorter term the government needs to ensure there's tailored support so Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas can continue managing Country, fire, feral animals, invasive weeds and extreme weather response for all Australians," said Mr O'Leary.

"In the medium to longer term, we urge the government to speed up the transition to renewables and electrification of transport and industry nationally."

Senator Kerrynne Liddle, an Arrernte woman who represents South Australia, said remote communities in her state must not be "invisible victims" of what she described as the federal government's "fuel crisis incompetence".

Senator Liddle, who is the shadow assistant minister for health and aged care, said on Thursday that in South Australia, 49 fuel outlets reported empty tanks for at least one or more fuel types.

"There are reports in the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands of some tanks being empty and others at significant risk of running dry," she said.

"Store operators in the APY Lands are reporting no more than two weeks of fuel supply remaining, with serious concerns about their ability to afford replenishment."

The senator noted diesel in the APY Lands is already above $3.50 a litre and expected to reach $4.20 per litre within weeks, adding that with each order requiring four loads at a time, operators are facing fuel costs of $80,000 to $100,000 per order - "an outlay that is simply not manageable for small remote stores".

"Freight costs into these communities have risen 33 percent, and store operators have been absorbing that pressure to protect residents for as long as they can. But with many locals on fixed incomes or government support, the cost of living in the APY Lands was already a significant challenge before this latest crisis," Senator Liddle said.

Senator Liddle said that with vast distances between fuel points, APY Lands residents "must not be forgotten".

"The Albanese Government has failed to plan, failed to respond, and failed to take accountability, and it is remote communities paying the price," she said.

Earlier this week, the Central Land Council, Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT and Aboriginal Housing NT called for an urgent increase to the Remote Area Allowance (RAA).

At the time, a Department of Social Services spokesperson told National Indigenous Times the government "understands the additional cost‑of‑living pressures faced by Australians living in remote and very remote locations," including challenges related to food security and fuel prices. They added the government is considering "ways to support households in these regions".

RAA recipients have "benefitted from increases to their primary income support payment or other supplementary payments, the latest of which started on Friday," the spokesperson said.

With additional reporting by Dechlan Brennan