PM opts to continue to prevent release of documents related to meetings with state leaders despite his previous criticism of the practice
Earlier, state premiers largely endorsed the existing structure of national cabinet including its secrecy provisions, although some expressed a desire for it to work more collaboratively and allow states to set the agenda.
Asked if secrecy and solidarity would remain, the Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, said: “I would expect so ... I know people always look for points of difference but it’s actually been pretty good over the last two and a half years. And I certainly support those sorts of things.” “It’s important, which I’ll be raising today, that the states have capacity to engage and put their own agenda into the national cabinet meeting. It can’t just be a top down approach.”