Inter-government liaison – Australian, State, Territory and New Zealand Governments | Australian Government Department Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Office for Women conducts inter-government liaison through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Select Council on Women’s Issues.

Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Select Council on Women’s Issues

In response to the Hawke Review of Ministerial Councils, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) directed that the Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Ministers’ Conference on the Status of Women (MINCO) transition to a new COAG Council System from 2011. As a result inter-government liaison on women’s issues is now pursued through the COAG Select Council on Women’s Issues.

The Select Council on Women’s Issues is a ministerial forum, reporting to COAG, for member Governments to work collaboratively to:

implement the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children;
develop and recommend a national framework for gender equality; and
develop a national approach to promote the leadership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Membership includes Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Ministers with responsibility for women’s issues.

Meetings of the Select Council on Women’s Issues are held up to twice a year.

Communiqués

Communiqués of the following Select Council meetings are available

Adelaide 18 November 2011
Darwin, 18 July 2012
Hobart, 23 November 2012.

Secretariat

Select Council on Women’s Issues Secretariat
GPO Box 6, Sydney NSW 2001
Tel: 02 8061 9329
Email: scwi@agd.nsw.gov.au

Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for the COAG Select Council on Women’s Issues came into effect on 17 September 2011..

Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Select Council on Women’s Issues

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