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6 November 2023

Cabinet decision summary for the week of 6 November 2023

Cabinet date: 8 November 2023

2024-25 Budget: Budget Process Rules, Strategy and Timetable

Minute Number: 23/675/CAB

Cabinet agreed timing considerations and processes associated with delivery of the 2024-25 Budget.

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

Wellbeing priorities for 2024-25 ACT Budget

Minute Number: 23/781/CAB

Cabinet agreed to establish wellbeing priority areas to guide the 2024-25 ACT Budget process.

Wellbeing priority areas in Budget demonstrate that the ACT Government is alert to the key issues impacting Canberrans and is working actively to address them. The development of wellbeing priority areas will help to focus investment into areas of greatest need, which will likely have positive impacts across all wellbeing domains.

Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2023 – Agreement to introduce

Minute Number: 23/045/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health introduce the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2023 to the ACT Legislative Assembly.

This proposal sits primarily within the ‘health’ domain. The regulatory requirements ensure the quality, transparency and safety of assisted reproductive technology services in the ACT; and the donor register supports donor-conceived people to access to information about heritable health conditions and to avoid entering into an intimate relationship with a biological relative. There are known general benefits to health and wellbeing for donor conceived people, and likely benefits for donors and intended parents through increased information sharing. It is anticipated that there will be benefits in the domain of ‘social connection’, as the donor register will enable linking between individuals of shared genetic identity; as well as in the domain of ‘identity and belonging’, as donor-conceived people will be able to access information about their donor, ethnicity and social or cultural background.

Urban Tree Canopy Coverage – Resolution of 31 March 2021 – Government Response – Third Update

Minute Number: 23/377/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Transport and City Services present the 2023 Report to the Legislative Assembly on Urban Canopy Cover in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

The Urban Tree Canopy Coverage (report) provides key actions underway to meet the objectives of the Strategy and their level of contribution towards achieving the canopy cover target including a planting program of 54,000 trees by 2024, canopy cover mapping, a forest condition report, updates to living infrastructure reference documents, and community planting programs.

Omnibus Response to Assembly Resolutions – Online Reporting Mechanism – Assembly Resolution of 8 February 2023 and Response to Sexual Assault – Online Reporting – Assembly Resolution of 29 March 2023

Minute Number: 23/386/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Police and Emergency Services deliver a Ministerial Statement in the ACT Legislative Assembly, in response to the Assembly Resolutions of 8 February 2023 and 29 March 2023 on online reporting mechanisms and response to sexual assault – online reporting.

Delivering the Ministerial Statement in the Legislative Assembly, in response to the Assembly Resolutions of 8 February 2023 and 29 March 2023, supports the safety wellbeing domain by promoting the work of ACT Policing and the online reporting portal. Delivery of the Ministerial Statement will also fulfill the commitment to respond to the Assembly Resolutions by the end of the year.

2024 Legislation Program

Minute Number: 23/532/CAB

Cabinet agreed the 2024 Legislation Program.

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

Government Response - Restorative Justice Reforms – Assembly Resolution of 28 June 2023

Minute Number: 23/610/CAB

Cabinet agreed Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of the ACT’s Restorative Justice Scheme, and that the Attorney-General make a Ministerial Statement in the ACT Legislative Assembly providing an update on the review and related matters before the last day of sitting in 2023.

The Ministerial Statement primarily impacts the safety domain. Providing an update on the Review of the ACT’s Restorative Justice Scheme is likely to have a positive impact as it proactively engages the ACT’s restorative justice community on the progress of the Review.

Review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012

Minute Number: 23/642/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Chief Minister present the Report of the Review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012 by Independent Reviewer Mr Ian Govey AM to the ACT Legislative Assembly.

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

Review of the Integrity Commission Act 2018

Minute Number: 23/646/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Chief Minister present the Report of the Review of the Integrity Commission Act 2018 by Independent Reviewer Mr Ian Govey AM to the ACT Legislative Assembly.

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

Multilateral Agreement – Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses 2021-2027 National Partnership Agreement

Minute Number: 23/693/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence sign a new agreement under the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence National Partnership Agreement 2021-2027 with the Commonwealth and other states and territories.

Endorsing the new agreement under the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence National Partnership Agreement 2021-2027 will support the safety wellbeing domain by boosting investment in responses to domestic, family and sexual violence.

Government Response to Petition 011-23 Pedestrian Crossing and Safety at the Intersection of Gribble and Hibberson Street

Minute Number: 23/748/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Transport and City Services provide the response to Petition 011-23 regarding a pedestrian crossing and safety at the intersection of Gribble and Hibberson Street to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly.

The response to the petition outlines a traffic survey that was undertaken in 2016 and a pedestrian survey undertaken in 2021. In an effort to improve active travel facilities in town centres TCCS have engaged a local consultant to undertake a traffic study and identify possible improvements to the intersection.

Government Response to Assembly Resolutions of 29 March and 31 August 2023: Specialist Medical Training Accreditation

Minute Number: 23/766/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present, to the ACT Legislative Assembly. a Ministerial Statement providing an update against the Specialist Medical Training Accreditation status for Canberra Health Services and noting the tabling of the Canberra Hospital Workforce Plan for RANZCOG.

This proposal supports wellbeing domains of Governance and Institutions and Health. Specifically implementing recommendations, the ACT Government will contribute to sustainable improvements that will ensure the provision of safe and high-quality health care for consumers and staff within the Canberra Hospital.

Minute number: 23/641/CAB

Open Access - Reason for Withholding Access

Update on Bargaining for Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement – Radiation Therapists

Minute Number: 23/206/CAB

Cabinet agreed to a final position to finalise bargaining for the ACT Public Sector Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement 2023-26 (Radiation Therapists).

Bargaining for the new agreement will have positive wellbeing impacts on the community in improving access to quality public health outcomes.

Update on Bargaining for Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement

Minute Number: 23/715/CAB

Cabinet agreed funding to Canberra Health Services to undertake project work related to the ACT Public Sector Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026.

Finalising bargaining for the new agreement will have positive wellbeing impacts on the community by improving access to quality public health outcomes.

Update on Bargaining for the Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement

Minute Number: 23/716/CAB

Cabinet agreed to a final negotiating position to finalise the ACT Public Sector Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026.

Bargaining for the new agreement will have major positive wellbeing impacts on the community by improving access to quality public health outcomes.

Update on Bargaining for Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement – Finalising outstanding claims

Minute Number: 23/761/CAB

Cabinet agreed to further details of a negotiating position to finalise bargaining for the ACT Public Sector Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026.

Bargaining for the new agreement will have positive wellbeing impacts for the community by improving access to quality public health outcomes.

CFMMEU Federal Court Matters – Approach to Resolution

Minute Number: 23/805/CAB

Cabinet agreed next steps in relation to a federal court matter with the CFMMEU.

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

Cabinet date: 10 November 2023

ACT Government Response to Assembly Resolution 4 August 2022 – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Data Collection

Minute Number: 23/288/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Multicultural Affairs table the Assembly Resolution Response Report on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Data Collection in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

The Assembly Resolution Response Report on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Data Collection addresses the ACT Government’s commitment to best practice principles that support the ongoing retention, attraction and promotion of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people in the ACT Public Service. The Wellbeing Domain most significantly addressed in tabling this report is Identity and Belonging.

Combined Our Booris, Our Way Review Six-Monthly Update and Out of Home Care Snapshot Report – November 2023

Minute Number: 23/498/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Families and Community Services: provide a Ministerial Statement on the progress of the Government Response to the recommendations from the Our Booris, Our Way Review and the Next Steps for Our Kids Strategy; and table the Our Booris, Our Way six-monthly update and Out of Home Care Snapshot Report in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Implementation of the Our Booris, Our Way recommendations focus on reducing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the child protection system, improving the experience of children and young people whilst in care, and increasing pathways for restoration to parents, kin and culture. The Out of Home Care Snapshot Report provides transparency of data earlier than is possible through national reporting mechanisms. The key wellbeing domain relevant to these reports is safety.

Government Response to Assembly Resolution 6 June 2023 – Gungahlin – Economic Development

Minute Number: 23/573/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the Minister for Economic Development tabling the Government Response to the Legislative Assembly resolution of 6 June 2023 – Gungahlin – Economic Development in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

The ACT Government Response to the Assembly Resolution of 6 June 2023 – Gungahlin – Economic Development highlights ACT Government economic development strategies, contributing to jobs and business growth across the Territory and specifically initiatives in the Gungahlin district. The response is most aligned with the Wellbeing Domain of economy.

Response to Petition E-PET-004-23 – Stop Private Car Parks on Protected Green Open Spaces

Minute Number: 23/711/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Planning and Land Management provide the response to Petition E-PET-004-23 – Stop Private Car Parks on Protected Public Green Open Spaces to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly for tabling.

Urban open spaces continue to meet the objectives of the Territory Plan, and consideration of the development applications is informed by the assessment of transport impacts.

Government Response to Woden Art Centre Petition – 005-23 and 026-23

Minute Number: 23/710/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for the Arts provide the response to Petition 005-23 and Petition 026-23 regarding arts facilities in Woden to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly for tabling.

Access to spaces for art, culture and creative activity for the Woden community has positive impacts primarily in the domain of social connection. The relevant indicators of this domain are participation in community events and activities; and sense of social connection through shared ideas, stories and heritage. The response to the petitions provides information on arts, culture and creative activity in Woden.

Government Response to Petition 025-23 – Lighting at Ngunnawal Oval

Minute Number: 23/747/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Sport and Recreation provide the response to Petition 025-23 - Lighting at Ngunnawal Oval to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly

The ACT Government has committed to improve the Ngunnawal Neighbourhood Oval with upgrades including parking enhancements, sportsground flood lighting, toilet facilities and an improved irrigation system. Currently the site is not a bookable facility, with its most common use being for ad-hoc community recreation activities. The improvements will provide much needed added capacity for organised sport and take pressure off other bookable facilities in the Gungahlin region.

Government Response to Petition 014-23 – School Bus for Lyons Early Childhood School

Minute Number: 23/751/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Transport and City Services provide the response to Petition 014-23 regarding School Bus for Lyons Early Childhood School to the Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly for tabling.

The response to the Petition provides implications if a service were to be provided, and a possible alternate consideration of ‘bell time’ adjustment at one of the schools. This would facilitate parents being able to collect siblings who may attend different schools, with greater ease.

Appointments

Cabinet endorsed the below appointments:

  • Appointment of Magistrate (Minute Number: 23/661/CAB)
  • Appointments to the Canberra Region Medical Education Council (Minute Number: 23/677/CAB)

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