Priority Issues of National Significance
The Council's Priority Issues of National Significance, as agreed by COAG:
- Pursuing seamless environmental regulation and regulatory practice across jurisdictions;
- Progressing national water reform, including through implementing the National Water Initiative (NWI), the outcomes of the forthcoming COAG review of the NWI, and other COAG commitments on water;
- Implementing the National Waste Policy;
- Implementing a national partnership approach to the conservation and management of land, waters, the marine environment and biodiversity at the landscape and ecosystem scale, and to building resilience in a changing climate;
- Developing and implementing a National Plan for Clean Air to improve air quality and community health and wellbeing
COAG has also agreed that Council should focus on key issues and implementation of:
- The National Environment Protection Acts
- The Heritage intergovernmental agreements (IGAs)
- The WELS Scheme