Teachers have arrived in Cairns after evacuating the Indigenous community of Aurukun in far north Queensland where children as young as six tried to steal a car.

Key points: Extra police will be sent to Aurukun to help restore calm to the community

Extra police will be sent to Aurukun to help restore calm to the community Teachers will not return until the start of term three, six weeks away

Teachers will not return until the start of term three, six weeks away Police have asked parents to keep their children supervised

It is the second time this month that teachers in the remote community have been evacuated over safety concerns.

Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said a number of children were involved in Tuesday night's incident.

"[There was] a group of young people trying to steal a car, throwing rocks at security guards and people's houses," he said.

Mr Stewart said the latest incident happened near homes where teachers were staying.

"I have great sympathy for the teachers," he said.

"They're not armed and they're not trained to deal with the type of violence that sometimes occurs in those communities."

Mr Stewart said Aurukun usually had a contingent of eight officers but there was currently 17 in the town.

He said there would be another increase in police numbers, but more officers were not the answer.

"You could put a hundred police in there, this is about the community stepping up when they've agreed to do that," Mr Stewart said.

"I actually think parents have to be held to account.

"The community has to step up, parents have to step up to make Aurukun a safe place for everybody."

Sorry, this video has expired (Warning: Confronting images) Footage of Aurukun women fighting in the street

QTU 'wholeheartedly' supports the removal of teachers

The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) said the extra police had not been able to prevent teachers from fearing for their safety.

President Kevin Bates said the teachers' anxiety levels were high and they were under huge emotional strain.

"In response to increased concerns from staff the decision has been taken to withdraw [them] from the community until the end of this school term, so that they won't return until the beginning of term three," he said.

"The department has made it clear that if people don't feel that they can return to the community then they'll be supported to exit.

"People can't live and work in these types of conditions with these stresses without suffering consequences.

"This is a proper decision by the employer and we support it wholeheartedly."

Mr Bates said there was an alternative teaching program that could be provided to students in the absence of teachers.

Aurukun Shire Council CEO Bernie McCarthy said the council would also work to ensure the students were not left to wander the streets and that they engaged in positive educational activities.

"We want to continue to positively work with the State Government and the Queensland Police, in particular, to try and resolve these problems that are really with a minority of youth," Mr McCarthy said.

"We're hoping this is a cyclical thing and once the offenders are apprehended, well life will go back to normal as best it could."

Teachers had voted on Sunday to stay, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said they would leave the community immediately, with a decision about their return to be made closer to the new school term.

The Premier, who has met with ministers, directors general, and the Police Commissioner about the situation, said the safety of staff and the community had "always been the number one priority".

"I've been advised that the teachers are feeling unsafe so we are going to get the teachers out. We need to have a strong presence on the ground to really help build the community capacity," she said.

Premier to attend public meeting in community

Ms Palaszczuk said she would travel to the community on Friday, with a public meeting to be held.

Premier meets with ministers, directors general, and the Police Commissioner to discuss the situation in Aurukun. ( ABC News: Nick Wiggins )

"[The Mayor is] going to call a big community meeting and I'll be there listening to what the community has to say," she said.

Ms Palaszczuk said her Government was also working to expedite job training projects in Aurukun.

"I have already been speaking with my director general to have discussions with Rio Tinto about how we can bring forward some of the training that is needed for the Amrun project that has been approved by Rio Tinto," she said.

"An over $2 billion project that will see the expansion of a new mine there."

Most of the Cape York Academy's 25 staff and teachers had only returned last Thursday but tensions again flared on the weekend.

Principal Scott Fatnowna and his wife were allegedly threatened by three youths carrying machetes and knives on Saturday night when they returned home after visiting colleagues.

The youths, who have been charged, allegedly took the government car for a joyride before it got bogged just out of town.

It comes after two teachers were terrorised in their home at the start of the month, and another carjacking involving Mr Fatnowna.

Health workers to remain in Aurukun

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services chief executive Jill Newland said all eight nurses and four local health workers based in Aurukun had expressed a willingness to stay.

"All our nursing staff at Aurukun are housed in secure accommodation within the health centre precinct," Dr Newland said.

"All our staff have duress alarms and the primary healthcare centre is locked after hours.

"We have a security officer on duty between the hours of 5:00pm and 8:00am, seven days a week and CCTV cameras monitor the clinic from Weipa."

Dr Newland said a routine security audit was recently undertaken and the service would immediately address any areas that needed improvement.