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2012

• Deadline looming for seamless national economy reforms – 3 February 2012

2011

• COAG must throw its full weight behind reforms – 15 November 2011
• Some gains in education and skills but gaps remain – 10 November 2011
• Concern for water reform progress – 3 November 2011
• Patchy performance: elective surgery wait lists – 6 September 2011
• COAG’s immunisation benchmarks being met – 9 August 2011
• Mixed results for COAG in hospital care – 8 June 2011
• COAG cautioned on Indigenous literacy and numeracy achievement – 8 June 2011
• Good progress in literacy and numeracy – 19 April 2011
• COAG urged to address 10 'at risk' reforms – 11 February 2011

2010

• Accountability watered down in Murray-Darling reform – 22 October 2010
• COAG making gains in literacy and numeracy – 22 October 2010
• Call for clarity on reform agenda goals - 21 September 2010
• Elective surgery waiting list targets met - 21 September 2010
• Panel to drive COAG's capital cities review, 21 June 2010 - RTF 143KB | PDF 62KB
• COAG reforms in the spotlight, 4 June 2010 - RTF 513KB | PDF 75KB
• Summary of findings: National Agreement Reports on Healthcare, Affordable Housing, Disability and Indigenous Reform, 4 June 2010 - RTF 875KB | PDF 95KB
• Report on governments' progress towards a seamless national economy released, 23 February 2010 - RTF 1.1MB | PDF 151KB
• Snapshots: National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seamless National Economy: Report on Performance 2008-09, 23 February 2010 - RTF 927KB | PDF 236KB

2009

• First reports on COAG's National Agreements in Education and Skills released, 5 November 2009 - DOC 56KB | PDF 100KB
• COAG Reform Council to release first reports on National Agreements, 2 November 2009 - DOC 340KB | PDF 123KB

2008

• Address to CEDA , The COAG Reform Council’s role within the new Commonwealth-State Financial Architecture, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, September 2008 - RTF 89KB | PDF 45KB

Speeches

2011

• Address at CEDA, Can COAG deliver on its reform agenda? Chairman, Paul McClintock AO, Perth, 23 November 2011 - RTF 543KB | PDF 122KB
• Address at the HIA Summit, The role of the Commonwealth Government in urban policy, Expert Advisory Panel Deputy Chair, Lucy Turnbull AO, Gold Coast, 12 May 2011 - RTF 569KB | PDF 200KB
• Address at CEDA, Infrastructure challenges in Australian capital cities, Expert Advisory Panel Chairman, Professor Brian Howe AO, Brisbane, 11 March 2011 - RTF 398KB | PDF 217KB
• Address at CEDA, Competition and regulation reform agenda: How are we tracking?, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, Sydney and Melbourne, March 2011 - RTF 535KB | PDF 149KB
• Address at CEDA, Renewing the mandate: COAG and its reform agenda in 2011, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, Sydney, 9 February 2011 - RTF 370KB | PDF 50KB

2010

• Address at CEDA, The COAG reform agenda: How are governments performing so far? Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, Melbourne, 21 September 2010 - RTF 472KB | PDF 99KB
• Address at the NatStats Conference 2010, Sydney, Statistics, public accountability and the federation, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, 16 September 2010 - RTF 521KB | PDF 222KB

• Address at the Victorian Planning Conference 2010, Reshaping our cities: National criteria for future planning of capital cities, Chairman, Cities Expert Advisory Panel, Mr Brian Howe AO, 2 September 2010 - RTF 509KB | PDF 102KB

• Address at the CEDA Transport Infrastructure Series, Sydney, Towards a truly national transport system, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, 4 May 2010 - RTF 478KB | PDF 82KB
• Address at the Intergovernmental Relations Conference, Canberra, COAG Reform Council: Challenges in assessment, Deputy Chairman, The Hon. Dr Geoff Gallop AC, 14 April 2010 - RTF 529KB | PDF 109KB
• Address at the Intergovernmental Relations Conference, Canberra, Performance reporting and accountability for national reform: the role of the COAG Reform Council, Deputy Head of Secretariat, Mr Paul Elton, 14 April 2010 - RTF 505KB | PDF 67KB
• Address at the launch of the National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seamless National Economy: Report on Performance 2008-09, 23 February 2010, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO - RTF 1.2MB | PDF 240KB

2009

• Address at the launch of the National Educational Agreement and the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development Baseline Performance Reports for 2008, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, November 2009 - RTF 1.2MB | PDF 117KB
• Address to CEDA, Rolling out COAG’s Reform Agenda: Upcoming milestones, Chairman, Mr Paul McClintock AO, September 2009 - RTF 479KB | PDF 94KB

Video gallery

• Interview with Chairman Paul McClintock on the Seamless National Economy: Report on Performance– 03 February 2012
• Chairman Paul McClintock summarises the key findings from the COAG reform agenda: Report on progress 2011– 15 November 2011
• Chairman Paul McClintock discusses the council’s third year education and skills reports – 10 November 2011

In the press

2012

February

• Adelaide Advertiser: $30m hinging on reforms - 4 February NEW!
• The Daily Telegraph: Job losses highlight economic imbalance - 4 February NEW!
• Weekend Australian: Trades reform is hostage to states - 4 February NEW!
• The Age: Call for economic reforms - 3 February NEW!
• The Australian Financial Review: Seamless economy idea unravelling, Editorial - 3 February NEW!
• The Australian Financial Review: States' reform go-slow puts economy at risk, says COAG - 3 February NEW!
• The Australian: Boards condemn COAG go-slow - 3 February NEW!
• The Sydney Morning Herald: States risk losing out as reforms fall behind - 3 February NEW!

January

• The Australian Financial Review: Call to reform business rules or pay the cost - 18 January

2011

November

• The Australian Financial Review: Reform loses momentum - 15 November
• The Australian: Leadership needed 'to drive reform agenda' - 15 November
• The Canberra Times: COAG reform agenda needs more leadership, commitment, council says - 15 November
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Concern at slow pace of reforms - 15 November
• The Age: Disadvantaged students trailing well-off peers: report - 14 November
• The Australian: Training below COAG targets - 11 November
• Adelaide Advertiser: Education gap hits the disadvantaged - 10 November
• The Australian Financial Review: Skills push target needs more work - 10 November
• The Australian: Poorer students doing worse in boom states - 10 November
• The Canberra Times: Wake-up call for our schools - 10 November
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Reforms required to aid disadvantaged students at school - 10 November
• Adelaide Advertiser: Delays hit Murray rescue - 4 November
• Shepparton News: Sluggish water saving worry - 4 November
• The Australian: Tony Burke strikes out over SA Premier's Murray claim - 4 November

October

• The Australian Financial Review: Respect key to health reforms - 17 October
• The Australian Financial Review: Promising, but there's still much to be done - 6 October

September

• The Australian Financial Review: Real reform elusive for directors under the gun, Comment - 30 September
• The Australian: Failed health targets risk cash - 6 September
• The Daily Telegraph: State performs the most surgery - 6 September
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Public hospitals cut surgery wait times - 6 September

August

• The Australian Financial Review: Backlog nears $800m - 29 August
• The Australian Financial Review: Late hitch to COAG meeting - 19 August
• The Australian: Health takes toll on COAG progress - 19 August
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Indigenous children stay longer in school - 9 August

July

• The Australian Financial Review: COAG reform agenda 'has stalled' - 7 July

June

• The Australian: Elderly blamed for waiting lists - 28 June
• The Canberra Times: Health reforms showing signs of life, says Gallagher - 28 June
• The Punch: Reform agenda has slowly COAGulated - 28 June
• The Australian Financial Review: Tardy reforms could cut state rewards - 21 June
• The Sunday Canberra Times: ACT's improving prognosis - 13 June
• The Sydney Morning Herald: 'Standardised' testing - 13 June
• The Australian Financial Review: PM's man backs rich states on tax - 9 June
• The Australian: Health reform watered down, Editorial - 9 June
• The Canberra Times: 'Urgent' patients wait 24 hours - 9 June
• Herald Sun: Too broke to see doctor - 8 June
• Northern Territory News: Pupils skip key tests - 8 June
• The Age: Schools may be 'gaming' tests - 8 June
• The Age: Wait times moving up for surgery - 8 June
• The Australian Financial Review: Surgery waiting time too long: COAG - 8 June
• The Australian: $300m funding fails to cut wait for treatment - 8 June
• The Australian: Aboriginal education failing - 8 June
• The Courier Mail: Hospitals fail health check-up - 8 June
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Hospital queues longer, except in emergency - 8 June
• The Sydney Morning Herald: NSW fails to narrow gap in school results - 8 June
• The West Australian: Aboriginal education targets not being met - 8 June
• Adelaide Advertiser: COAG outgrows national reform role - 7 June

May

• The Canberra Times: Who should look after our cities? - 24 May
• The Australian Financial Review: Step on it, COAG reform boss urges - 12 May

April

• Adelaide Advertiser: Tests on students short of the mark - 19 April
• The Age: State flunks its own literacy, numeracy tests - 19 April
• The Australian: Calls for more transparency in literacy and numeracy reports - 19 April
• The Canberra Times: Report flags reading problem in capital's schools - 19 April
• The Courier Mail: Queensland meets student targets but bar is set low - 19 April

March

• Adelaide Advertiser: Housing prices, traffic key issues - 24 March
• Croakey: A comprehensive analysis of the plans for Medicare Locals - 3 March

February

• The Australian Financial Review: Productivity lift needed now, Editorial - 24 February
• Croakey: The PM's report on Closing the Gap report has plenty of holes - 21 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Confining reform to the east coast, Comment - 18 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Reform date set despite naysayers - 18 February
• The Sydney Morning Herald: COAG needs to be loved and nurtured - 16 February
• The Australian: Carbon price 'means cap on power bills will stay' - 15 February
• The Sydney Morning Herald: New push to cut red tape across state borders - 15 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Uniformity key goal of reform package - 14 February
• The Sunday Canberra Times: Federalism's stuck in a rut - 13 February
• Business Spectator: COAG reform failing directors: AICD - 11 February
• The Age: Gillard moves for healthcare switch - 11 February
• The Age: Staggering under the load - 11 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Business costs on PM's agenda - 11 February
• The Australian Financial Review: COAG falls behind on key economic priorities - 11 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Council must get reforms on track, Comment - 11 February
• The Australian: Bid to speed up COAG agenda - 11 February
• The Australian: Competition agenda lagging - 11 February
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Billions at stake for NSW as Gillard offers health sweetener - 11 February
• The Age: Watchdog calls for commitment on COAG - 10 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Kiss of life for COAG - 10 February
• The Australian: Appeal to revive COAG reform - 10 February
• The Sydney Morning Herald: PM urged to co-operate with states over health - 10 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Director liability reform stalls - 9 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Streamlined COAG to beat delays - 8 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Sherry says reforms on track - 7 February
• The Australian Financial Review: Time for state funds shake-up, Editorial - 2 February

January

• The Australian Financial Review: Reform in spotlight as floods recede - 21 January
• The Australian Financial Review: Plenty of talk, now for more action: COAG study - 20 January
• The Australian Financial Review: Sizing up change - 19 January
• The Australian Financial Review: Reform Council under pressure - 17 January
• The Australian Financial Review: For COAG, 2011 is crunch year - 5 January

Newsletter

2011

• Second report on progress of COAG’s reform agenda released, 15 November 2011 - RTF 5.6MB | PDF 107KB
• Some gains in education and skills but gaps remain, 10 November 2011 - RTF 1.5MB | PDF 197KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Second water report released, 3 November 2011 - RTF 2.5MB | PDF 182KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Four major reports submitted to COAG, 30 September 2011 - RTF 1.2MB | PDF 164KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Patchy performance from governments on elective surgery wait lists, 6 September 2011 - RTF 1.2MB | PDF 143KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Second year National Agreement reports released, 8 June 2011 - RTF 1.2MB | PDF 115KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Literacy and Numeracy report released, 19 April 2011 - RTF 1.2MB | PDF 94KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Report reveals 10 reforms 'at risk', 11 February 2011 - RTF 410KB | PDF 65KB

2010

• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Second seamless national economy report due to COAG, 7 December 2010 - RTF 267KB | PDF 116KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Water, education, and skills and workforce reports released, 22 October 2010 - RTF 952KB | PDF 201KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, COAG reform agenda: Report on progress 2010 released, 21 September 2010 - RTF 240KB | PDF 88KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, National Agreement Reports released, 4 June 2010 - RTF 817KB | PDF 64KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, National Agreement Reports on Healthcare, Affordable Housing, Disability and Indigenous Reform submitted to COAG, 30 April 2010 - RTF 604KB | PDF 129KB
• COAG Reform Council Newsletter, Seamless National Economy report on performance released, 24 February 2010 - RTF 269KB | PDF 117KB

Archived editions

• COAG Reform Council News, January 2009 - RTF 59KB | PDF 24KB
• COAG Reform Council News, March 2008 - RTF 50KB | PDF 20KB
• COAG Reform Council News, February 2008 - RTF 89KB | PDF 45KB
• COAG Reform Council News, January 2008 - RTF 51KB | PDF 22KB

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