Council of Australian Governments

Council of Australian Governments
"COAG" redirects here. For other uses, see COAG (disambiguation).

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is an organisation consisting of the federal government, the governments of the six states and two mainland territories and the Australian Local Government Association. It was established in May 1992 after agreement by the then Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers, and it first met in December 1992. It is chaired by the Prime Minister. It meets to debate and co-ordinate government activities between the federal and state or territorial governments and between the state and territorial governments themselves as well as issues affecting local government.

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 Canada's Council of the Federation, but these bodies only include state/provincial representatives, whereas COAG includes federal and local representatives as well.

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Current membership

Name Office held In office since Party
Julia Gillard MP Prime Minister of Australia 02010-06-24 24 June 2010   Labor
Barry O'Farrell MLA Premier of New South Wales 02011-03-28 28 March 2011   Liberal
Anna Bligh MP Premier of Queensland 02007-09-13 13 September 2007   Labor
Jay Weatherill MHA Premier of South Australia 02011-10-21 21 October 2011   Labor
Lara Giddings MHA Premier of Tasmania 02011-01-24 24 January 2011   Labor
Ted Baillieu MLA Premier of Victoria 02010-12-02 2 December 2010   Liberal
Colin Barnett MLA Premier of Western Australia 02008-09-23 23 September 2008   Liberal
Katy Gallagher MLA Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory 02011-05-16 16 May 2011   Labor
Paul Henderson MLA Chief Minister of the Northern Territory 02007-11-26 26 November 2007   Labor
Mayor Genia McCaffery President of the Australian Local Government Association[1] 02010-11-11 11 November 2010   Independent

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Local Government Association (2009-01-22). "President: Australian Local Government Association". http://www.alga.asn.au/about/presidentsBio.php. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 

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