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The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is an organisation consisting of the Australian Federal Government and the governments of the Six States And Two Mainland Territories as well as the Australian Local Government Association. It meets to debate and coordinate government activities between the federal and state or territorial governments and between the state and territorial governments themselves as well as issues affecting local government.

A related organisation is the Loan Council , which coordinates borrowing by the federal and state and territorial governments of Australia.

The COAG is roughly equivalent to the U.S. 's National Governors Association or the Canadian Council Of The Federation , but these bodies only include state/provincial representatives, whereas COAG includes federal and local representatives also.