ON REDUCING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
- National domestic violence order scheme that would mean a protection order issued in one state would apply across all states and territories
- Information sharing between interstate police and court systems
- National standards on punishments for perpetrators to start in 2016
- Legal protections to cover increased use of technology in abuse
NATIONAL ICE STRATEGY
- A national taskforce to work with federal, state and territory governments to develop a plan to combat the scourge of crystal methamphetamine
COUNTER-TERRORISM
- Youngsters at risk of radicalisation will be targeted under a new national counter-terrorism strategy
- Communities will be involved in identifying those at risk
GST
- Distribution scheme to considered as part of white paper on the reform of federation
- Commonwealth and WA to have bilateral talks on the state's declining GST revenue share
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
- Pledge to improve school attendance and employment participation
DEFENCE
- Noted the contribution a continuous naval build strategy could make to strengthening industrial capacity, employment and specialist industry skills
NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME
- Queensland and Commonwealth agreed to discuss a trial site
- NT and Commonwealth agreed to discuss a potential second trial site in a remote indigenous community
(Source: COAG April Communique)
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