KEY OUTCOMES FROM COAG:
* POPULATION: Permanent migrant intake is likely to stay at 160,000. Treasurers will meet in February to start work on a "framework" including states' needs for skills, population planning and data sharing. Recognition that migration is vital to the economy and enriching Australian culture.
* DROUGHT: New national drought agreement signed, focusing on long-term risk management, preparedness and resilience.
* INDIGENOUS: Indigenous leaders to be involved in a new Closing the Gap strategy with revised targets. A new Ministerial Council on Closing the Gap will be set up.
* HEALTH: Work continues on a new health and hospitals agreement to be approved by the end of 2019 and operate from July 2020 to June 2025.
* CYBER BULLYING: Support for the principle of the "right to be forgotten" for victims. Next COAG in Brisbane to receive a report on how to do this.
* BUSINESS: States and territories commit to setting a date for an initiative to pay 80 to 100 per cent of invoices under $1 million from small businesses within 20 calendar days.
* SECURITY: State and federal electoral commissions to improve the resilience of voting systems to cyber attacks and foreign interference.
* DRONES: Proposal to improve laws cracking down on the use of drones by terrorists, for invading privacy and endangering aircraft.
* TERRORISM: Defence force and police to take part in a national counter-terrorism exercise.
* DISASTERS: Work is under way on a national public safety mobile broadband capability.
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