COAG agrees to national ice action plan

The nation's leaders have given the nod to developing an Australia-wide strategy to tackle the ice epidemic.

A national taskforce, led by former Victorian police chief Ken Lay, will work with federal, state and territory governments to develop a plan to combat the scourge of crystal methamphetamine.

It will cover prevention, education, health, community, family support and law enforcement.

"Ice is obviously is a growing national scourge," Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters after the meeting.

The taskforce will supervise a stocktake of what different jurisdictions are doing and what seems to be working best.