Ms Gillard arrived at O'Loughlin Catholic College in Karama this morning for the Territory leg of her Gonski Education reform 'sales campaign.'
She was accompanied by the the Northern Territory's Senate candidate Nova Peris.
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"Well if Premier O'Farrell, running the biggest school system in the country, can embrace this arrangement as good for his state...Then I don't seen any reason why Chief Minister Adam Giles can't do the same here," said Ms Gillard.
The Federal and Territory governments are also at odds over the Banned Drinkers Register.
Leaked data from the Alice springs hospital shows a doubling of alcohol related violence since the Register was abolished and the PM is pushing for its return.
"We want to see a comprehensive approach here. And a comprehensive approach isn't about being there once the crisis is well in train. It's about stopping it getting to that crisis point, which is why the BDR makes a real difference," said Ms Gillard.
She also visited the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Education at Charles Darwin University , after a welcome by the One Mob Different Country Dancers, she met Indigenous students at the centre which is receiving 25 of the 27.5 million from the Federal Government.
The PM's whirlwind trip to Darwin will conclude this afternoon with a meeting with the NT Chief Minister Adam Giles , who opposes the Gonski reforms and Banned Drinkers Register.
