The legislation to intervene in the child-sex abuse scandal in the Northern Territory through the proposal of 'radical' measures to solve it will be introduced in Federal Parliament this week.
The Prime Minister, John Howard, is expected to visit the Northern Territory next month. He has reiterated he will not change from his current position - of taking control over the Indigenous communities as well as banning alcohol and the sale of X-rated pornography in these areas - to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
"[Labor] is entitled to see the legislation and to express whatever view it wants, but I want to make it clear, we will not be changing our approach in the Northern Territory," he said.
"We will be going ahead with all of the elements of the intervention plan that [Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal] Brough and I announced, including in relation to the permit system and the prohibitions on alcohol."
His tough approach to the problem has been met with fierce opposition from a group of influential Indigenous Australians who will fly to Canberra this week to prevent the legislation from being passed.
Galarrwuy Yunupingu, the former head of the Northern Land Council, and more than 30 indigenous leaders had sent a unify message to Mr. Howard over this weekend; telling the Age that the group is opposed to the government seizing control of the community and instead wants to meet him face-to-face to deal with this problem together.
"We want to urge the Prime Minister to take on proper leadership … He has failed every step of the way since the announcement that the Government was taking control of the communities and our children," Mr Yunupingu said.
"He hasn't shown his face â€" we want to meet face to face with him," he said. "We want to sort out these problems together with the Prime Minister."
Churches in Australian had earlier given cautious support to the Federal Government intervention, but had also called for greater consultation with the wider indigenous community.
The Salvation Army had given support to the Federal government intervention; saying that due to the urgency needed to tackle the issue, they supported the Federal government's commitment.
Holding a summit earlier this month, the chairman of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christian Alliance, Reverend Max Wright, told the ABC that intervention was needed but the government needed to empower the community as well.
"One of the key ideas from our group is to get the Government not to dispower people but to empower them in whatever leadership they have," he said.
"Whether it's in the church or in the community we want to empower people wherever they are."
The need to include the indigenous community was also emphasised by the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, which said that the government needed to sit down and negotiate with them about how to give effect to the intervention.
The indigenous child-sex abuse scandal was revealed with the release of a report commissioned by the Northern Territory government over a month ago, which indicated the rampant sex-abuse among Aboriginal children.
After the report was released, the Prime Minister announced a radical overhaul of existing indigenous policies with the introduction of tough measures to deal with the crisis in what he described it as our 'Hurricane Katrina.'
Derick Ho and Sze Leng Chan, Christian Today Correspondents, have contributed to this article.