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Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Ministers' Conference on the Status of Women (MINCO)

The objectives of MINCO are:

• to provide a Commonwealth/State mechanism for the coordination and development of policies which affect the status of women especially on those issues which cross Commonwealth/State, Territory and New Zealand borders;
• to facilitate action on matters of mutual concern; and
• to refer and/or present agreed issues of strategies to other Ministerial groupings.

MINCO meets annually. The latest MINCO Communiqué HTML | PDF [20kb] was released 12 September 2007.

The Secretariat is provided by the Australian Government Office for Women:

MINCO Secretariat
Office for Women
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
PO Box 7576
Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610

Email women@facsia.gov.au
Phone: 1800 808 863
Fax: (02) 6212 9572

The 2006 MINCO Communiqué is archived here

The 2005 MINCO Communiqué is archived here

 

MINCO membership

Australian Government The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Education, Science and Training and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

New South Wales The Hon Verity Firth MP Minister for Women L33 Governor Macquarie Towers 1 Farrer Place SYDNEY NSW 2000

Victoria The Hon Maxine Morand MP Minister for Women's Affairs Level 1, 2 Treasury Place EAST MELBOUNRE VIC 3002

Queensland The Hon Margaret Keech MP Minister for Women PO Box 1141 BRISBANE QLD 4002

South Australia The Hon Jennifer Rankine MP Minister for the Status of Women 8th Floor, Terrace Towers 178 North Terrace GPO Box 1838 ADELAIDE SA 5001

Western Australia The Hon Sue Ellery BA MLC Minister for Women's Interests 10th Floor Dumas House 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005

Tasmania The Hon Michelle O’Byrne Minister for Women Level 10 15 Murray Street HOBART TAS 7000

Australian Capital Territory Ms Katy Gallagher MLA Minister for Women ACT Legislative Assembly London Circuit CANBERRA ACT 2600

Northern Territory Ms Marion Scrymgour MLA Minister for Women's Policy GPO Box 3146 DARWIN NT 0801

New Zealand The Hon Lianne Dalziel Minister of Women's Affairs Parliament Buildings Freepost PO Box 18888 Wellington NEW ZEALAND

Women's Advisers Meeting

The Standing Committee of Commonwealth/State Women's Advisers (Women's Advisers Meeting or WAM) is a consultative forum for strategic discussion, exchange of information and co-ordination of Commonwealth and State activities pertaining to women. The Standing Committee serves as the "officials group" for the Commonwealth/State Ministers' Conference on the Status of Women, and meets four times per year.

Women's Offices - Australian, State and Territory Government Websites

Use this page to access links to Australian, State and Territory Government Women's offices.

• Australian Government Office for Women
• Australian Capital Territory Office for Women
• New South Wales Office for Women
• Northern Territory Office of Women's Policy
• Queensland Office for Women
• South Australia Office for Women
• Tasmania Women
• Victoria Office of Women's Policy
• Western Australia Office for Women's Policy