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5 December 2022

Cabinet decision summary for the week of 5 December 2022

Cabinet date: 5 December 2022

ACT Government Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Inquiry into the Capability and Culture of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

Minute Number: 22/645/CAB

Cabinet agreed to endorse the ACT Government submission to the Commonwealth Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Inquiry into the capability and culture of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

The ACT submission into the inquiry has the potential to bring about changes to the culture and practice of the NDIA, contributing to improved outcomes for NDIS participants, their families and carers, and service providers in the NDIS market. While the primary Wellbeing Domain related to the submission is Government and Institutions, the NDIS is a key enabler of wellbeing for people with disability across all wellbeing indictors.

Government Response to e-petition 6-22 — Reducing housing costs for ACT resident home buyers

Minute Number: 22/735/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Treasurer provide the response to Petition 6-22 – Reducing housing costs for ACT resident home buyers to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.

Appointments

Cabinet endorsed the below appointments:

  • Appointment of advisor to the Children and Young People Death Review Committee (Minute Number: 22/491/CAB)
  • Appointments to the Registration Standards Advisory Board (Minute Number: 22/593/CAB)
  • Domestic Violence Prevention Council Member – appointment (Minute Number: 22/671/CAB)

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, Wellbeing Impact Assessments are not required for appointments.

Cabinet date: 8 December 2022

Automatic Mutual Recognition Implementation Update

Minute Number: 22/580/CAB

Cabinet agreed that automatic mutual recognition of individual occupational licences will increase flexibility for business and individuals in the Territory, that the general principles of the AMR Scheme will be beneficial to the ACT economy, and that all reasonable steps should be taken to resolve any issues and progress the entry of exempted registrations into the AMR Scheme.

The introduction of the Automatic Mutual Recognition Scheme for individual occupational registrations in the Territory is now having, and will continue to have, positive wellbeing impacts in the areas of economy, access and connectivity, and living standards. Where a participating State or Territory has a reciprocal arrangement for a particular occupation, or activity connected to an occupation, Canberrans can now rely on their home registration to work interstate without the requirement of having to complete additional paperwork or pay additional registration fees, providing them with improved labour mobility. AMR will also help improve labour mobility as the Territory continues to attract skilled workers.

ACT Government Response to the Counting the Costs report

Minute Number: 22/585/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Government Response to the Counting the Costs: Sustainable funding for the ACT community services sector report.

The ACT Government Response to the Counting the Costs: Sustainable funding for the ACT community services sector report addresses the Wellbeing Domain of Access and Connectivity. The aim of the Government Response is to work collaboratively with the sector to establish a forward program of work to better understand and address issues around community sector sustainability. Due to the diversity of support provided by the community sector, responding to the report and supporting sector sustainability will also positively impact a range of other wellbeing domains, such as health, safety, housing and home, social connection, living standards, and identity and belonging. Supporting the sustainability of the ACT community sector will also have benefits to the ACT economy, as sustainable funding enables increased employment stability and security for sector workers.

Eminent Panel for Community Engagement and Healing

Minute Number: 22/590/CAB

Cabinet agreed to establish a Healing and Engagement Project, the scope of which will be co-designed with the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

The proposal predominantly impacts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT and surrounding regions. The primary wellbeing domain impacted is Identity and belonging. The other wellbeing impact domain is governance and institutions. It is anticipated that the Healing, Truth telling, and Treaty processes will be significant and create an opportunity for our community to confront the impacts of colonisation and begin the process of healing and of shaping better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT and surrounding region.

Amendments to the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) Act 2011

Minute Number: 22/617/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the preparation of a Bill to amend the tabling and disallowance procedures in the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) Act 2011 and validate technical amendments to the Schedule to the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (Vic).

The decision has no impact on the environment or community. The decision benefits the early childhood education and care sector by improving certainty of the legal framework that amends the National Law in the ACT.

Update on the Public Transport Ticketing System

Minute Number: 22/618/CAB

Cabinet considered options to effectively manage the transition from the ACT’s current public transport ticketing system to the new, upgraded system.

Transport Canberra seeks continued high quality service delivery within the Transport and connectivity wellbeing domain, through effective management of the transition from the current public transport ticketing system to a new system.

Better Regulation Agenda: Incorporated Associations Regulatory Reforms

Minute Number: 22/653/CAB

Cabinet agreed to public consultation on regulatory reforms for incorporated associations.

Public consultation will allow associations and their members, as well as relevant stakeholders within the wider community, to provide comment on the proposed reforms. It will provide the opportunity for these stakeholders to have their say on future regulatory requirements, helping to inform better government decision-making.

Reforming health care for people who have variations in sex characteristics – revised policy approval for final draft bill

Minute Number: 22/690/CAB

Cabinet agreed to finalise drafting of legislation to regulate medical interventions on people with variations in sex characteristics.

The wellbeing impacts of the submission include: the provision of additional care services and a regulatory framework protecting people with variations in sex characteristics, and a contribution to the dismantling of social and medical norms about bodies having to conform to particular binary norms of male and female.

Data Security of Personal Information

Minute Number: 22/691/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Special Minister of State continue to work cross-jurisdictionally and through the Data and Digital Ministers Meeting on the roadmap to efficient and secure, citizen centred approaches on the delivery of digital government services.

The proposal will have positive wellbeing impacts across the Safety Domain.

CO-SPONSORED – Memorandum of Understanding - Water Compliance in the Murray-Darling Basin

Minute Number: 22/709/CAB

Cabinet agreed the ACT signing the MoU relating to water compliance collaboration in the Murray-Darling Basin.

It is anticipated that this MoU will have positive impacts on the Environment and Climate domain, as outlined in the Wellbeing Impact Assessment.

Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure – 2022 Review of Standing Orders – ACT Government Submission

Minute Number: 22/710/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Government Submission to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure – 2022 Review of Standing Orders.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.

Government Submission to the inquiry into e-petition No 19-20 Recovery Plan for nursing and midwifery workers

Minute Number: 22/715/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Government submission to the Select Committee on Health and Community Wellbeing: Inquiry into e-petition No 19-22 ‘Recovery Plan for nursing and midwifery workers’.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.

Submission to Commonwealth Inquiry into the challenges and opportunities for law enforcement in addressing Australia’s illicit drug problem

Minute Number: 22/722/CAB

Cabinet agreed the ACT Government submission to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement (Committee) Inquiry into the challenges and opportunities for law enforcement in addressing Australia’s illicit drug problem.

This proposal is not expected to have a direct wellbeing impact, as no new initiatives are being proposed. Any wellbeing impact will depend on reforms to be made as a result of  the Commonwealth Inquiry.

Government Response to Inquiry into Auditor General's Report 7/2019 – No 7/2019 – Referral processes for the support of vulnerable children

Minute Number: 22/761/CAB

Cabinet agreed to provide the Government Response to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts into the Auditor-Generals Report No 7/2019 – Referral processes for the support of vulnerable children.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.

Petition 33-22 The Brontë Haskins Memorial Bench at Shepherds Lookout

Minute Number: 22/759/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Planning and Land Management provide the response to petition 33-22 The Brontë Haskins Memorial Bench at Shepherds Lookout to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.

Government Submission – Standing Committee on Public Account’s Inquiry into responses to Auditor-General recommendations for Report 5/2017 – Maintenance of selected road infrastructure assets

Minute Number: 22/734/CAB

Cabinet agreed the ACT Government’s Submission to the Standing Committee’s Inquiry into responses to Auditor-General recommendations for Report 5/2017 – Maintenance of selected road infrastructure assets.

The primary purpose is to ensure the maintenance of selected road infrastructure assets is effective. This proposal affects all road users within the ACT for nearly all modes of transport (e.g. including trucks, buses, cars and cyclists).

Joining the National Electronic Conveyancing Data Standards Company (NECDS Co)

Minute Number: 22/639/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the ACT becoming a member to the National Electronic Conveyancing Data Standards Company (NECDS Co) and the Registrar-General becoming a Director on this company.

This submission engages the wellbeing domain of Access and Connectivity, and affects primarily electronic lodgement network operators, legal practitioners and financial institutions

Sourcing and procurement of out of home care, child protection and support service packages and update on residential care (current and future provision)

Minute Number: 22/712/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the next stage of sourcing and procurement of out of home care, child protection and support service packages. Cabinet also agreed to an interim housing solution to establish therapeutic residential care in the ACT.

Implementation of new models of out of home care will improve the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in the ACT in line with reform actions under Next Steps for Our Kids Strategy 2022-2030 (Next Steps).

Cybersecurity – ACT Government Essential Eight Compliance and Future Requirements

Minute Number: 22/667/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the development of a budget proposal to uplift cyber security resilience for consideration in the 2023-24 Budget.

The proposal will have positive wellbeing impacts across the Safety and Governance and Institutions domains.

Appointments

Cabinet endorsed the below appointments:

  • ACT Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Authority Board Chair appointment (Minute Number: 22/676/CAB)

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, Wellbeing Impact Assessments are not required for appointments.