6 September 2021
Cabinet decision summary for the week of 6 September 2021
Cabinet date: 8 September 2021
Ministerial Statement – six-monthly update on the ACT Legislative Assembly resolution of 30 March 2021, about improving the safety of workers in relation to psychosocial hazards
Minute number: 21/541/OOS
Cabinet agreed for the Minister for Industrial Relations and Workplace Safety table a paper in the ACT Legislative Assembly providing a six-month update addressing the 30 March 2021 resolution of the Assembly calling for improvements to the safety of workers in relation to psychosocial hazards.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Response to Petition Number 7-21 lodged by Suzanne Orr MLA (Water bubbler for Bonner Oval)
Minute number: 21/520/OOS
Cabinet agreed that the Minister for Sport and Recreation provide the response to Petition Number 7-21 lodged by Suzanne Orr MLA (Water bubbler for Bonner Oval) to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Cabinet date: 9 September 2021
Delay of the 2021-22 Budget and Introduction of the Financial Management Amendment Bill 2021
Minute number: 21/568/SEMC
Cabinet agreed the Treasurer present: an Assembly Motion to the Legislative Assembly which seeks to delay the introduction of the Appropriation Bill 2021-2022, the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2021-2022 and 2021-22 Budget due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown arrangements; and the Financial Management Amendment Bill 2021 which seeks to amend relevant sections of the Financial Management Act 1996, resulting from the delayed introduction.
Expansion of quarantine facilities at ANU
Minute number: 21/619/CAB
The Security and Emergency Management Committee of Cabinet agreed to amend the ACT’s arrangement with the Australian National University for provision of hotel quarantine facilities.
A Triple Bottom Line Assessment was not prepared for this item given the time imperatives of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Managed Quarantine and isolation accommodation Facilities
Minute number: 21/611/CAB
The Security and Emergency Management Committee of Cabinet agreed to the ACT Government entering into an agreement for the exclusive use of a site as a Government managed quarantine and isolation accommodation facility in the ACT as part of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cabinet date: 12 September 2021
Government Amendments to the COVID-19 Emergency Response (Check-in Information) Amendment Bill 2021
Minute number: 21/622/SEMC
Cabinet agreed to a Government amendment to the COVID-19 Emergency Response (Check In Information) Amendment Bill 2021 in the ACT Legislative Assembly