Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles has labelled the media racist for apparently neglecting a story about the alleged rape of a young child at a town camp in Alice Springs.

The child was allegedly dragged into scrubland while walking home and sexually assaulted three weeks ago.

A 29-year-old man was charged shortly afterwards.

"The saddest part is that it was a little blip in the media radar, something that raised a few column inches and has disappeared," Mr Giles said in Parliament.

"One can only think that if it was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed little girl it may be the front page of media around the country."

Almost no information on the alleged rape was provided to the media by police.

NT Police provided a two-line press release on the case two days after the ABC first made inquiries.

Mr Giles has since ordered a review into every non-government organisation and third-party provider funded by the NT Government to service town camps across Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.

He told ABC Alice Springs the alleged crime had brought on a personal "tipping point" in him and action had to be taken.

Mr Giles also called on Government agencies to attend a meeting this Friday to discuss the situation.

"The review's providing a better and safer environment within the town camps and town itself, so it's a normal government meeting when we've called together agencies," he said.

"We just want to hold them to account a bit and find out exactly what going on in a range of areas."

Mr Giles was questioned by a member of his own political party on why the issue of child sexual abuse is now receiving his attention.

Robyn Lambley, who was dumped from Cabinet by Mr Giles after a recent attempted leadership coup, told Parliament there had been countless reports on child sexual abuse, including the Little Children Are Sacred report which sparked the NT Intervention.

"I find it a little bit hard to understand how a member of Parliament, and now a Chief Minister ... could have an epiphany at such a late point in time over the severity of child abuse within the Northern Territory," she said.

She also asked Mr Giles to be "kind and sensitive" when he deals with service providers.

"Child protection is not like other portfolios the Chief Minister has been involved with ... you can't go in all guns firing, there's no quick fix."

Alleged attacker 'a wolf' and not from Hidden Valley, says resident

Hidden Valley resident Fraser Mangaraka described the alleged perpetrator of the rape as "a wolf".

He said his community had been struggling to return to normal since the alleged assault three weeks ago.

Mr Mangaraka, who is deputy president of the camp, said there was increasing unease about the number of strangers coming into the camp and staying for extended periods.

"All them kids there, they go to school and in the afternoon they've got plenty of room to play around and head back home," he said.

"But we don't know that fella, he's not from Hidden Valley, he's from somewhere else. He's a stranger."

The feeling was echoed by other Hidden Valley residents.

"It was shocking. We're all part of the family for that little child," said resident Cheryl McMillan.

"There's people from communities coming into town as well, going around and drinking in other people's houses, who are not invited.

"What if the same thing happens to another little child?"

Government audit angers town camp council

The audit ordered by Mr Giles has angered Tangentyere Council, which oversees Hidden Valley town camp.

The council held a public meeting on Tuesday with town camp residents to allow them to voice their concerns.

Tangentyere chief executive Walter Shaw said the council had its own meeting on the same issue last Thursday but the invited government representatives did not show up.

"This meeting is quite confronting for the Northern Territory Government," he said.

"It raises issues around policy and rules and regulation around housing and the extent of the social dysfunction that town campers have to live with on a daily basis."

A young child was allegedly raped at Hidden Valley town camp in Alice Springs three weeks ago. ( ABC News )

Mr Shaw released a "bucket list" of housing issues it wanted granted or restored to town camp residents.

Key among them was the lack of control of residents over who comes and lives in town camps.

"Northern Territory Housing has its own policy where visitors can stay for a period of six weeks," he said.

"Historically, town campers have only allowed a two-week stay with family members and visitors coming into Alice Springs.

"This is not an issue of service provision. This is an issue of bad and misappropriated government policies and rules and regulations."

Mr Mangaraka said it was more important that whatever goes ahead happens quickly.

"When we saw our grandchildren growing up, we had to keep an eye on them, like watering the garden," he said.

"We don't want to see people coming from somewhere else pulling that branch. It's like a wolf who comes from somewhere else and takes this little sheep of ours."