A group of Aboriginal elders from Arnhem Land will meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today, calling on him to enact a "fundamental change" in the way government deals with indigenous people.

Mr Rudd and his front bench are holding a community cabinet in the remote Aboriginal community of Yirrkala today.

It is the fifth time cabinet has met outside Canberra since the Labor government won the election last November.

In a statement presented to Mr Rudd later this morning, the local Yolngu and Bininj clans have outlined a 25-point wish list which calls on the government to immediately end the waste on "intervention bureaucracy" and remove the blanket imposition of welfare restrictions.

The statement, signed by 53 elders claiming to represent 8,000 indigenous people from Arnhem Land, also advises the government to establish a dedicated Aboriginal 'futures fund'.

"Stop using the Aboriginal Benefits Account to fund the intervention," the statement said.

"ABA funds must be returned to Aboriginal people to support their development aspirations and priorities as originally intended."

The Howard government's controversial emergency intervention into NT Aboriginal communities - launched in June last year - prompted outrage from most Arnhem Land communities, which criticised the radical reforms for being paternalistic and heavy-handed.

Since coming to power, the Rudd government has reinstated Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) and the permit system, although it has continued the rollout of grog bans and welfare reform.

The elders today said they hoped the change of government would signal an improved relationship them.

"We recognise that we are now in a new era, and are hopeful of a fundamental change in the way government does business with Yolngu and Bininj clans," the statement said.

"Yolngu and other Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory have been marginalised and demeaned over the past decade by the Howard regime and have been denied real opportunity to have a say about our aspirations and future."

The elders have also called on the federal government to live up to its election promise and "urgently endorse" the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.