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Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Framework for Responding to PFAS Contamination

This Intergovernmental Agreement was updated following a review of its operation after one year. The revisions to the Agreement and its Appendices A and C, which came into effect on 7 February 2020, support strengthened collaboration and cooperation between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories to respond consistently and effectively to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. A newly included National PFAS Position Statement (Appendix D) sets out a shared vision of governments to reduce future releases of PFAS into the environment.

  • Appendix B (The PFAS National Environmental Management Plan)
  • Appendix E (Health Based Guidance Values for PFAS)
  • Appendix F (Environmental Health Standing Committee Guidance Statements on PFAS)
    Appendix G (Australian Health Protection Principal Committee PFAS Factsheet)
  • Appendix H (Food Regulation Standing Committee Statement on PFAS and the general food supply)

The original Agreement, which came into effect on 20 February 2018, and original Appendices A and C, are on this website.

Attachment Size
Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Framework for responding to PFAS contamination 54.74 KB
Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Framework for responding to PFAS contamination 3.47 MB
Appendix A: PFAS Contamination Response Protocol 76.4 KB
Appendix A: PFAS Contamination Response Protocol 299.48 KB
Appendix C: PFAS Information sharing, Communication and Engagement Guidelines 280.32 KB
Appendix C: PFAS Information sharing, Communication and Engagement Guidelines 603 KB
Appendix D: National PFAS Position Statement 47.78 KB
Appendix D: National PFAS Position Statement 233.09 KB

Council of Australian Governments archive

On 29 May 2020, National Cabinet agreed to the cessation of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The National Library of Australia's Trove service provides an archive of the COAG website.