Nationals leader David Littleproud has stated Indigenous people in remote communities would be better served by more frequent visits by federal MPs rather an a voice to parliament.
Mr Littleproud said the recent visit of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Alice Springs to meet with community leaders on the city's crime crisis was an example of what needed to be done to address issues.
He said the voice to parliament would only add an extra layer of bureaucracy and would not address the concerns of Indigenous people.
"We're simply saying send the bureaucracy to these communities, sit around the campfire, sit around the town halls and come up with the solutions to close the gap," he told Sky News on Sunday.
"We should be taking the bureaucracy to these people, not these people coming to the bureaucracy in Canberra. That's how you get better ideas and listening to more voices, not just one or two voices that are sent to Canberra."
The Nationals announced last year the junior coalition party would not be supporting the voice to parliament.
The Liberals are yet to reach a formal position on the voice, however, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he was looking to meet with the referendum working group.
A referendum on enshrining the Indigenous voice in the constitution is due to be held later this year.
While Mr Dutton has said he was concerned about not seeing enough detail on the voice, Mr Littleproud said the Nationals had all the information the party needs on the issue.
"We don't need any more detail. We've tried this before, because what's happened is that might work in Redfern, but in remote Australia, you'll be representing hundreds of thousands of square kilometres with hundreds of different communities with different needs and challenges," he said.
NT senator Malarndirri McCarthy said the voice to parliament would be able to address issues such as those seen in Alice Springs.
"It is about the ability (for Indigenous people) to be a part of decisions that are made into the future regarding legislation, regarding policy, so the First Nations people through the Australian parliament are able to advise the executive and the parliament," she told Sky News.
"That's an important point that we can achieve that, and we should achieve that."
While critics of the voice have said communities would be better served by Indigenous MPs, Senator McCarthy said a record number of Indigenous MPs was not enough.
"Since 1901, if this is the first time our country can have 11 Indigenous reps, then that's been way too long," she said.
"We can also see more from First Nations people who are not party political, that should be able to have a say whether there are Aboriginal people in parliament or not."
Debate surrounding the voice led to NSW MP Andrew Gee quitting the Nationals to sit on the crossbench, due to him being at odds with his party's position.
However, Mr Littleproud said Mr Gee's decision was not entirely about the party's stance on the voice.
"I think you'll find that Andrew had many issues, many issues outside the voice with the National Party, particularly the NSW National Party," he said.
"Obviously there were personality issues that he felt couldn't be reconciled and I respect that he had issues around the floods and delivery of outcomes for his community."
