Australia's first openly gay Indigenous member of Parliament has urged the Northern Territory Government to legalise adoption by same-sex couples.

Government backbencher Chansey Paech told the NT Parliament last night that he was hoping to raise a family in Alice Springs.

"[I] desire to see the day when people like myself, a gay person, are entitled to adopt children who need a loving home and family unit," he said.

"I hope that marriage equality and adoption laws can catch up with contemporary Australia's views on this matter.

He said homosexual couples could "offer young children or infants the same level of care, opportunity and love that heterosexual couples do".

Same-sex adoption allowed most other Australian jurisdictions

The Northern Territory is the one of only two jurisdictions in Australia where same-sex couple cannot adopt children.

The other is South Australia, but that state's lower house recently passed a conscience vote to allow same-sex couples to adopt.

The other chamber of the state's parliament is yet to take a vote on the issue.

'My children would be nurtured and supported'

Mr Paech's speech was delivered on the same day the Minister for Children, Nicole Manison, announced new appointments on a committee which will develop a plan to improve early childhood outcomes in the NT.

The Alice Springs-based parliamentarian said he was confident Labor's plans would create a positive environment to raise children.

"I am very proud of the plans of our Government that we have begun in this space and it provides me with great comfort in knowing that when I am fortunate enough to either adopt or have a child of my own they will be nurtured and supported like other children living in this nation," Mr Paech said.

"Yes, you did hear right previously I do intend to raise my family in my home of central Australia, an area about which I am very passionate, an area for which I remain a strong advocate."

Mr Paech's calls to allow same-sex couples to adopt children seems to have some support within the NT Cabinet.

In his speech, Mr Paech thanked the Minister for Territory Families, Dale Wakefield, for her support.

"I look forward to working with the Member for Braitling, the Minister for Territory Families and ensuring that we too can see this level of equity and equality in the Northern Territory," he said.

Ms Wakefield has been contacted for comment.