Cabinet decisions

The ACT Freedom of Information Act 2016 (the Act) commenced on 1 January 2018. Under Section 23 of the Act, information about each Cabinet or Cabinet committee decision needs to be made publicly available.

All decisions of Cabinet (including committees and subcommittees) are subject to open access information requirements. These requirements do not extend to items where consideration of an issue does not amount to a decision. For decisions of the Budget Committee of Cabinet, agreement to the appropriation bill will be taken to be the only Cabinet Decision under the Open Access Information scheme.

Right of review

The decision to release is a reviewable decision as identified in Schedule 3 of the Act.

Should you wish to seek a review of decisions to release information under Section 23, you may write to the ACT Ombudsman at:

The ACT Ombudsman
GPO Box 442
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Email: ombudsman@ombudsman.gov.au

Under section 84 of the Act, if a decision is made under section 82(1) on an Ombudsman review, you may apply to the ACAT for review of the Ombudsman decision. Further information may be obtained from the ACAT at:

ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Level 4, 1 Moore St
GPO Box 370
Canberra City ACT 2601
Phone: (02) 6207 1740
http://www.acat.act.gov.au/

Summary of Cabinet decisions