Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has vowed to put her "tough on crime" mandate on the national stage.
Ms Finocchiaro will attend the next National Cabinet for her first formal meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
She said it would be an opportunity to give voice to the region's needs and aspirations at the highest level.
“It’s also very important that we speak about crime and the state of crime in the Northern Territory,” she told reporters.
“We know that the prime minister promised $250 million in 2023 that's yet to be fully delivered, so I'll be expressing to him how important and meaningful that money will be to a town like Alice Springs, and why the territory deserves to get its fair share.”
Slated for discussion at national cabinet is also how the country will address escalating rates of domestic violence.
Ahead of her election, Ms Finocchiaro committed $180 million over five years to fund the domestic and family violence sector in the Northern Territory, but said the federal government also had a role to play.
“This is not something that we can play politics over. I think the federal government does know that they've got to do their fair share to make the Territory a safer place and make women and children safer,” she said.
Ms Finocchiaro said she would again advocate for needs-based funding in the Northern Territory, where domestic assault rates are five times higher than in other jurisdictions and the domestic homicide rate is seven times higher.
Just 10 days ago another Aboriginal woman was killed in an alleged domestic violence attack in Darwin's northern suburbs after police failed to respond to a welfare call nine hours before her death.
Ms Finocchiaro said that death had “hit Territorians hard” and she had met with NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy about the tragedy.
“Legislative change around alcohol, perpetrators being out on bail and electronic monitoring is a big part of our plan to make sure we're putting the rights of victims above the rights of offenders,” she said.
“My job is to set the agenda and the framework for the territory going forward, and his job is to support his police to be the most effective police force in this country.”
Ms Finocchiaro also congratulated Labor for appointing Selena Uibo opposition leader.
“They have a small team, but we've all been there,” she said.
The Country Liberal Party has an overwhelming majority in parliament, claiming up to 17 of the 25 seats in the recent Territory election.
The new government has promised to wind back a number of justice reforms introduced by the previous Labor administration.
The new chief minister said the opposition needed to do a “lot of soul searching” before parliament sits in October, where she plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility and introduce bail amendments.
