What is the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG)?
SCAG is a national ministerial council. Its members are the Australian Attorney-General and the Minister for Home Affairs, the State and Territory Attorneys-General and the New Zealand Minister of Justice. Norfolk Island has observer status at SCAG meetings. SCAG provides a forum for Attorneys-General to discuss and progress matters of mutual interest. It seeks to achieve uniform or harmonised action within the portfolio responsibilities of its members. The types of issues that SCAG considers can be quite varied. An item is likely to be appropriate for SCAG if: • it requires joint action from the Australian, State and Territory governments • involves the development of model or uniform model legislation, or • is of relevance to Attorneys-General.
