Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he is committed "in principle" to meeting all seven of the demands by the NT's Chief Minister if he wins the election.

The demands were issued by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro in December in the wake of a baby girl's skull being fractured during an alleged violent home invasion in Larapinta, Central Australia.

They included welfare payments to be made on current takeaway alcohol-free days only; the reintroduction of compulsory work or training programs with fortnightly reporting obligations for welfare recipients; and for the federal government to accept the Northern Territory Government's calls for parents who neglect their children to have additional income management.

Furthermore, Ms Finocchiaro called for royalty payments to be made in communities and not Alice Springs and a performance audit of all federally funded programs.

Speaking in Alice Springs on Wednesday, Mr Dutton, alongside the Chief Minister, Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Kerrynne Liddle, and the new CLP candidate for Lingiari, Lisa Siebert, said a Coalition government would "commit in principle" to the seven points put forward by the NT government, arguing it will "lead to a reduction in crime and it will lead to a safer environment" in the town.

Mr Dutton - a former policeman - said he wanted to "make sure that we can provide the police with every resource and provide them with every support".

"When people go home to their homes of a night time I want them to do so safely, when they turn up to their businesses in the morning, I don't want there to have been damage to a front window," he said.

So far, the federal government has only committed to one of the proposals—enacting exemptions to federal laws which had previously restricted police officers' use of drones in Alice Springs.

Last month, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy seemed to pour cold water on the other demands, arguing that despite reaching out to the Chief Minister, along with Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth, the "complexities" in the proposal to quarantine welfare payments were apparent.

"One of the things we have to be mindful of is also other areas that are impacted, like the Race [Racial] Discrimination Act," Senator McCarthy said last month.

"We have to have a look at all of these things. One of the other things is that Centrelink goes right across the country. So, if you impact one certain payment, you've got to be careful of how you impact others. So, this will be an ongoing conversation."

Mr Dutton - who walked out the parliamentary apology to the stolen generation in 2008 - labelled Minister Rishworth a "failed minister" on Wednesday and said the withdrawal of the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) by the Labor government "resulted in significant crimes being committed, including against women and children".

There is no evidence the withdrawal of the CDC resulted in more violence in communities.

The abolishment of the CDC was a Labor policy, after it was introduced by the coalition government in 2016 and quarantined up to 80 per cent of a person's welfare payments on to a debit card that couldn't be used to withdraw cash or buy alcohol or gambling products.

A University of Adelaide report found the majority of past participants of the scheme and a minority of stakeholders believed ending the program was a "positive step", with criticism often focusing on the racial aspect of its introduction.

However, a majority of stakeholders and a small number of past users of the scheme were "disappointed" by the program ending.

Speaking on Wednesday, Senator Price, who has been highly critical of the federal government's approach to Indigenous Australians and the Northern Territory, said the Prime Minister had "failed in basically ignoring the ask from the Chief Minister to better support Central Australia through those seven key points".

"Locals here understand the fact that when we have alcohol restrictions put in place, the positive impact that that has," she said.

"To be able to change Centrelink recipients, the way they get their payments to coincide with those days…the likelihood of those individuals spending their money on things that they need increases: things like food, bills, and their children."

Senator Liddle told reporters, "We haven't just turned up today to talk about this, we've been talking about this since 2022."

"We've talked about lifting of those alcohol restrictions and the devastation – and I don't know why the Prime Minister didn't know that was going to happen, but everybody else seemed to know it, and Territorians are living with the consequences right now."

The federal government has committed considerable finances into the NT, including for school programmes, housing, jobs and a $250 million 'A Better, Safer Future for Central Australia' plan.

Nonetheless, the opposition have said the government are not listening to those on the ground.

"We have to ask questions such as: where is the money?" Senator Liddle said.

"Where has it gone? How effective has it been? And these are tough questions. You need courage to be able to address these issues, and we intend to have the opportunity to do that."

Senator Price, who this week has given the additional portfolio of government efficiency, also used the press conference to reiterate her calls for an audit "right across the board".

"I have been saying for such a long time that we are committed to holding an inquiry into land councils' statutory authorities," she said.

"The reason for this is to understand things like how royalty payments impact our communities."