He also said it was quite possible to strike a deal within the two-year timeframe set out once Britain triggers article 50 in March next year.
If it is not revocable, then once Article 50 is triggered, there is no going back; UK membership will be terminated within the two-year timeframe set out by Article 50.
Under Australia's freedom of information laws, strict timeframes are set out for processing requests for information, and there is evidence that the department has exceeded the timeframe for processing a number of requests made by Guardian Australia.
"We will ensure it is delivered as swiftly as possible but we will not be rushed - all relevant evidence needs to be properly considered, including the views of communities potentially affected by the line, and we will be doing this within the timeframe we set out soon after the coalition entered government".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Michael Fuchs, the vice chairman of Angela Merkels's Christian Democratic Union party, agreed it was "absolutely necessary" to accelerate the talks, given the two-year timeframe for departure set out by the EU treaties.
Let me make this clear – if the UK government disagrees with that timeframe, then they should set out a clear alternative and the rationale for it.
This resolution effectively calls on the group to set out a timeframe for a transition to becoming a non-carbon energy group, phasing out fossil fuels.
Various environmental organizations including Greenpeace, the Environmental and Natural Resources Foundation and Argentine Friends of the Earth are also calling on the government to begin the inventories of glaciers and periglacial areas as soon as possible as no specific timeframe for these measures was set out in the Glaciers Act.
Westminster has not set out a timeframe.
Therefore, rather than defining primary and secondary outcomes, we have set out a timeframe within which we believe the outcomes will occur.
Abbott has set out a longer timeframe, suggesting the plebiscite could occur some time after the next election during the subsequent three-year term.
