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Tony Abbott will meet state premiers and territory chief ministers in Sydney on Wednesday to thrash out options for tax and federation reforms – but the prime minister has already praised a proposal to increase the goods and services tax from 10%to15%5%.

Nationals MP Andrew Broad said the government's approach to federation reform was wise.

The Coag meeting followed a leaders' retreat in Sydney on Wednesday that focused on federation reform.

The option, contained in a leaked discussion paper on federation reform, could cost the states and territories $18bn a year.

Premiers and chief ministers had raised vociferous objections to proposals to remove federal funding from hospitals altogether, an option put forward in a leaked document on federation reform.

Morrison's 3AW interview canvassed tax and federation reform options, including increasing the rate or broadening the base of the goods and services tax.

The recent federation reform discussion paper suggested several options, including achieving "clearer accountability" by having one level of government in charge.

The document suggests the financial sector tax changes proposed by the South Australian Labor premier, Jay Weatherill, could also be progressed through the tax white paper process, which is running in parallel to the federation reform talks.

Some players joined in, refusing to appear for the national team until the federation reformed (the vacuum thus left gave Edin Džeko his first chance to play for the team).

The leaders' retreat at Victoria Barracks was billed as an opportunity to put aside the daily political argy-bargy to focus on charting a way forward on federation reform.

Thursday's meeting of treasurers was held on the eve of Malcolm Turnbull's first Council of Australian Governments (Coag) summit, when the prime minister is expected to discuss tax and federation reform with premiers and chief ministers.