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Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment

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  1. Foreign Affairs and Trade
  2. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  3. Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment

In 2022, National Cabinet agreed to include a Ministerial Council (the Council) on Trade and Investment in the new Federal Relations Architecture. The Council was established to support coordinated effort and information sharing across jurisdictions regarding international trade and investment. The Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, chairs the Council, which consists of ministerial representatives from each State and Territory jurisdiction with responsibility for trade and investment matters. The Council is supported by a Senior Officials Trade and Investment Group co-chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission.

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Skills and Workforce Ministerial Council

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  1. Employment and Workplace Relations
  2. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
  3. Skills and Workforce Ministerial Council

The Skills and Workforce Ministerial Council provides a forum for national cooperation and stewardship across the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system and on the intersection of skills and training policy with workforce issues. The Council collaboratively progresses items of national importance within the portfolio to achieve agreed objectives and priorities.

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Women and Women's Safety Ministerial Council

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  1. Prime Minister and Cabinet
  2. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  3. Women and Women's Safety Ministerial Council

Establishment of the Women and Women's Safety Ministerial Council was agreed to by National Cabinet on 30 September 2023. The Council provides a forum for member governments to drive national progress on gender equality and women’s safety across all areas in ending violence against women and children within Australia. The Council has replaced the National Federation Reform Council (NFRC) Taskforce on Women's Safety. The Council is co-chaired by Minister for Women and Minister for Social Services. the Office for Women in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet provide Secretariat support for the Council.

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Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council

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  1. Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  2. Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  3. Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council

The Council develops and coordinates policy for effective planning and sustainable use of the water, land and other environmental resources of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council comprises Ministers from each of the Basin States and the ACT. The Ministerial Council has policy and decision-making roles for matters such as state water shares, and the funding and delivery of natural resource management programmes, as set out in the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement. The Authority is required to prepare an annual corporate plan for approval by the Ministerial Council in relation to these matters. The Ministerial Council also has a policy and decision-making role in regard to issues relating to critical human needs as provided for in the Act. The Ministerial Council may give directions to the Basin Officials Committee concerning its functions and powers under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, and can also seek the advice of the Basin Community Committee on these functions. Council established under Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, clause 8 - originally contained in the Schedule to the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 and now in the Schedule to the Water Act 2007

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Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration

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  1. Home Affairs
  2. Department of Home Affairs
  3. Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration

The MACSM is a tripartite body, comprised of industry, union, government and other relevant representatives, which provides advice to Government on Australia’s skilled migration programs and related matters.

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Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration Expert Sub-Committee

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  1. Home Affairs
  2. Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration Expert Sub-Committee

Expert Sub-committee for the Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration, a tripartite body providing advice to government on Australia’s temporary and permanent migration program and associated matters. Delivers evidence-based ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the migration program to ensure it continues to meet Australia’s interests and changing needs.

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