'White NGOs' have been told to step back and let Indigenous organisations run the Northern Territory's child protection space following the release of the royal commission's recommendations.
The $54 million inquiry's final report was released on Friday, which pushes for a major paradigm shift favouring community-led solutions to assist kids in care and detention, the vast majority of which are Indigenous.
"We need to get serious about working with Aboriginal people," co-commissioner Mick Gooda said.
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations chief executive Pat Turner urged the Gunner Government to give resources directly to Aboriginal groups, saying white non-government organisations "need to get out of that space".
"Those days are over," she said.
"We are much more strategically placed and our service delivery is much wider."
Labor is expected to unveil an overhaul of the child protection system, enlisting NGOs to run early intervention programs targeting at risk families before they trigger a formal child welfare investigation.
Mr Gooda said the current model was criminalising kids and if every youngster that met the benchmark for negligence and abuse entered the system it would reach breaking point.
"It would explode in human terms and it would explode in financial terms," he said.
The government has accepted a recommendation to expand the Children's Commission to include an Aboriginal Co-Commissioner, a move backed by current boss Colleen Gwynne.
"You need to be reflective of your target group," Ms Gwynne said.
"It's absolutely a step in the right direction".
Ms Turner said having an Indigenous-centric view at this high level would enhance important monitoring functions, providing a cultural understanding that would encourage people to come forward with complaints.
