Welcome to the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) website

COAG is the peak intergovernmental forum in Australia, comprising the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Territory Chief Ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA).

Recent Meeting Communique

COAG met in Adelaide on 26 March 2008. The Communique is now available.

COAG agreed to hold its next meeting in Sydney on 3 July 2008.

Meeting of Treasurers and Health Ministers

Treasurers and Health Ministers met on 14 January 2008 in Brisbane. The Communique is now available (30KB PDF)

Ministerial Councils Compendium

The COAG Ministerial Councils Compendium was updated in September 2007 and is available for download from the Ministerial Councils page.

Implementation of the Report on the Regulation and Control of Biological Agents

Information about the progress of implementing the recommendations of the Report is available on the Department of Health and Ageing’s website

Users’ Guide to the Mutual Recognition Agreement and Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

Australian and New Zealand Ministers at their meeting in Cairns on 20 September 2006 released an updated Users’ Guide to the Mutual Recognition Agreement and Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

About this Site

This site provides information relating to the structure and function of COAG as well as the outcomes and agreements reached in meetings.

The outcomes of the most recent meetings and all other meetings are linked directly under the Meeting Outcomes section where they are listed by year. A subject index of the meeting outcomes is also provided under Issues by Subject.

Information and updates on current projects are available under the Related Links section. The information relating to these projects is mostly published on other web sites.