The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is an organisation consisting of the Australian Federal Government and the governments of the six states and two territories. It meets to debate and coordinate government activities between the federal and state or territorial governments and between the state and territorial governments themselves. Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy. ... Australia, having a federal system of government, is divided into states and territories. ...
A related organisation is the Loan Council, which coordinates borrowing by the federal and state and territorial governments of Australia.
The COAG is roughly equivalent to the U.S.'s National Governors Association or the CanadianCouncil of the Federation, but these bodies only include state/provincial representatives, whereas COAG includes federal representatives also. Wikiquote has quotations relating to: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ... The National Governors Association (NGA) is an organization of the governors of the fifty U.S. states and five U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). ... The Council of the Federation is a council in Canada made up of the Premiers of Canadas thirteen Provinces and Territories. ...
COAG agreed that the states and territories would use their best endeavours to ensure the legislative arrangements for the licensing regime would be in place by 1 November 2004, with administrative arrangements to be finalised as soon as possible thereafter.
COAG also noted that the AustralianGovernment would continue to undertake investigations on the viability of completely banning ammonium nitrate fertilizers of security concern as a matter of priority, taking into account whether effective, non-detonable, alternatives can be developed, and provide information on any alternatives to states and territories.
COAG agreed to a number of changes to the Broad Protocols and General Principles for the Operation of Ministerial Councils (Attachment E and Attachment F) which will increase the efficiency of the operation of Ministerial Councils.
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