SA: Labor premiers to try to reform COAG process
The states and territories will try to reform the Council of Australian Governmentsmeeting this week, allowing them to put issues on the agenda.
South Australian Premier MIKE RANN says the states and territories -- all Labor governed-- have agreed in a phone hook-up to make a joint approach to the federal government.
Mr RANN says they're suggesting a positive change that would allow the states, notjust the federal government, to list agenda items.
Speaking ahead of the next COAG gathering in Canberra on Friday, Mr RANN says peopleare sick and tired of political point-scoring between the state and federal governments.
He says the Council of Australian Governments has the potential to become a great,co-operative and consultative forum on the national interest.
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