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What happened at the COAG meeting?

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WHAT DID MALCOLM TURNBULL AND THE PREMIERS DECIDE?

TAX

- Ditched prime minister's proposal for states to levy income taxes

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- Will consider taking a share of income tax revenue, offset by cuts to commonwealth grants

HOSPITALS

- Accepted $2.9 billion funding to 2020

- Agreed to reduce hospital demand by better care for people with chronic disease, hospital pricing mechanisms, reducing readmissions due to quality of care

SCHOOLS

- Agreed funding discussions should be concluded by early 2017

COMPETITION

- Agreed to develop a new competition and productivity reform agreement

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- Agreement could include innovation payments and independent evaluation mechanisms

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

- Welcomed final report from COAG advisory panel on reducing violence against women and children

- Noted outcomes of Victorian royal commission into domestic violence

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- Agreed to hold COAG summit on domestic violence in Brisbane in October 2016

COUNTER TERRORISM

- Agreed to draft laws allowing terrorists to be detained beyond their jail terms for "preventative" reasons.

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