22 March 2021
Cabinet decision summary for the week of 22 March 2021
Cabinet date: 23 March 2021
Ministerial Statement: Annual Statement on the status of women and girls in the ACT 2021
Minute number: 20/597/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Women present a Ministerial Statement on the Annual Statement on the status of women and girls in the ACT 2021 in the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Ministerial Statement: 100 Years of Rotary
Minute number: 21/120/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Police and Emergency Services present a Ministerial Statement on the Centenary of Rotary in Australia in the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Ministerial Statement: Update on Government Response to COVID-19
Minute number: 21/67/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a Ministerial Statement on the update on the Government Response to COVID 19 in the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Ministerial Statement: End of 2020-21 Bushfire and Storm Season
Minute number: 21/70/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Police and Emergency Services present a Ministerial Statement on the End of 2020-21 Bushfire and Storm Season in the ACT Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Ministerial Statement: Bushfire Recovery and Lessons learnt a year on
Minute number: 21/71/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Police and Emergency Services present a Ministerial Statement on Bushfire Recovery and Lessons Learnt a Year On in the ACT Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Government response to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements and Submission into the Senate Review of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020
Minute number: 20/564/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the ACT Government response to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements and Government Submission into the Senate Review of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020.
Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
Minute number: 20/611/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Treasurer present the Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 in the Legislative Assembly, as part of a regular series of Bills. The amendments within the Bill are to maintain tax law by clarifying and updating a range of technical and other tax administration matters, and include amendment to the Land Tax Act 2004 to provide for the ongoing operation of an exemption for affordable community housing, in line with the Parliamentary and Governing Agreement of the 10th ACT Legislative Assembly.
2021-22 Budget - Budget Process Rules Strategy and Timetable
Minute number: 21/113/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the proposed approach to, and timing of, the 2021-22 Budget.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
ACT Wellbeing Framework – Data Dashboard and Government Processes
Minute number: 21/74/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the release of the ACT Wellbeing Data Dashboard. Cabinet agreed that wellbeing impacts will be considered in Budget and Cabinet processes.
ACT Government Submission to Commonwealth Senate Select Committee on Job Security
Minute number: 21/75/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the ACT Government Submission to the Commonwealth Senate Select Committee on Job Security.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
ACT Government Response to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure – Use of Zoom for Committee Public Hearings
Minute number: 21/96/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the Government response to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure - use of Zoom for Committee public hearings.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Appointments
Cabinet endorsed the below appointments:
- Multicultural Advisory Council (Minute number: 20/593/CAB)
- Gene Technology Advisory Council (Minute number: 21/14/CAB)
- Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) (Minute number: 21/86/CAB)
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, Triple Bottom Line Assessments are not required for appointments.
Reasons for withholding access
Minute number: 21/623/CAB