The country's peak elected representative body for Indigenous Australians says it is less than impressed by the Prime Minister's latest comments on Indigenous affairs.

In an extensive interview with Stan Grant on National Indigenous Television (NITV), Malcolm Turnbull said there was "no silver bullet" to overcoming Indigenous disadvantage and reiterated that he wanted to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

At one point during the interview the Prime Minister was moved to tears over a story of Indigenous separation, and the demise of traditional language.

But the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples says it has been waiting for a meeting with the Prime Minister since September last year.

Congress co-chair Rod Little said his organisation first sought a meeting with Mr Turnbull when he took over the job in September last year.

"There was a tinge of hope," he said.

"But now there's the rhetoric that's come back, that I've always seen when there's a change in leadership. You have some hope that things are going to change, but there's not much hope there.

"We saw the opportunity in his words, when he was saying he wants to have this renewed relationship.

"But that kind of commentary has been around again and again, for many, many governments that I know.

"If you want to have a relationship with the First Peoples then a logical start point would be with the elected representative body."

Mr Little said he still hoped his organisation could meet with the Prime Minister.

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Funding cuts will force the closure an award-winning program providing maternity care to Aboriginal women in Perth's northern suburbs.

Key points:

• Moort Boodjari Mia Aboriginal maternity centre in danger of closing due to funding shortage
• Neither Federal nor WA Government have committed to funding
• Centre largely works with at-risk women, ensuring they attend neo-natal appointments

Moort Boodjari Mia has been operating since 2011, helping Indigenous teenagers and women through their pregnancies.

The service has won two national health industry awards for its innovative work.

But on June 30 it will close after neither the Federal nor State Government agreed to continue funding the service.

Kirra Cox had her first child at 15 and was helped through the experience by the team at Moort Boodjari Mia.

"They helped me understand everything, my body changing. I didn't understand anything at the time," she said.

"They're Aboriginal, I'm Aboriginal, they understood where I was coming from."

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