1 June 2020


Cabinet decision summary for the week of 1 June 2020

Cabinet date: Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Stamp duty concessions to stimulate housing demand

Minute number:  20/297-2/BUD

Cabinet agreed to additional residential stamp duty concessions for 2020-21 to stimulate housing demand to support the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Economic Recovery Package – Jobs for Canberrans

Minute number:  20/334/BUD

Cabinet (Budget Committee of Cabinet) agreed to allocate additional funding to the Jobs for Canberra Fund and to reinvest the anticipated Commonwealth reimbursement into the Fund, as agreed under the National Partnership on COVID-19 Response.

Government Response to the Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Interim Report 1

Minute number:  20/321/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the Government response to the Select Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic response Interim Report 1.

Ministerial Statement: Update of Government Response to COVID-19 – 2 June 2020

Minute number:  20/314/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a ministerial statement to update the Legislative Assembly on the COVID-19 response in the ACT.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Government Response to Auditor-General's Report: Performance Audit – Shared Services

Minute number:  19/674/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Government Services and Procurement present the Government Response to the Auditor-General’s Report No. 1/2020: Shared Services delivery of Human Resource and Finance services in the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Ensuring the ACT has 100% renewable electricity – reverse auction (no. 5)

Minute number:  20/033/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the recommendations of the Renewables Auction 5 Assessment Panel and identified preferred proposals from the auction.

Cabinet date: Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Financial Management Amendment Bill 2020

Minute number:  20/335/BUD

Cabinet (Budget Committee of Cabinet) agreed the Treasurer present the Financial Management Amendment Bill 2020 in the Legislative Assembly. The Financial Management Amendment Bill 2020 amends the Financial Management Act 1996 to increase appropriation during the 2020-21 supply period.

Cabinet date: Friday, 5 June 2020

COVID-19 situation update

Minute number:  20/215/SEMC

Cabinet (Security and Emergency Management Committee of Cabinet) noted the situation update on novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.