COVID-19 situation update

Minute number: 20/194/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.

Cabinet date: Wednesday, 25 March 2020

COVID-19 situation update

Minute number: 20/197/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.

Cabinet date: Thursday, 26 March 2020

COVID-19 situation update

Minute number: 20/200/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.

Cabinet date: Friday, 27 March 2020

COVID-19 situation update

Minute number: 20/201/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.

Cabinet date: Sunday, 29 March 2020

Mobile phone detection cameras

Minute number: 20/057/CAB

Cabinet agreed to explore expanding the ACT’s road safety camera program to include mobile phone detection cameras. 

• 20/057 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2020 (No. 2)

Minute number: 19/601/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Community Services and Facilities present the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2020 in the Legislative Assembly. 

• 19/601 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

City Renewal Authority and Suburban Land Agency Amendment Bill 2020

Minute number: 20/083/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Chief Minister present the City Renewal Authority and Suburban land Agency Amendment Bill 2020 in the Legislative Assembly. (29 October 2019 19/504 City Renewal Authority and Suburban Land Agency Amendment Bill 2019 - Combined pass)

• 19/504 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Government Response to ACT Auditor-General's Report No. 11 of 2019 – Maintenance of ACT Government School Infrastructure

Minute number: 20/076/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the Government Response to the ACT Auditor-General’s Report No.11 of 2019 – Maintenance of ACT Government School Infrastructure. 

• 20/076 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Government Response to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Report on the Outcomes of the ATSIEB Hearings 2019 – Ninth Report to the ACT Government

Minute number: 19/591/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the Government Response to the ninth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Report.

• 19/591 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Government Response to the Report of a Review of a Correctional Centre by the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services – Healthy Prison Review of the Alexander Maconochie Centre 2019

Minute number: 19/787/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Corrections and Justice Health present a Ministerial Statement on the Government Response to the Report of a Review of a Correctional Centre by the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services – Healthy Prison Review of the Alexander Maconochie Centre 2019 and table the accompanying Government Response.

• 19/787 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Chief Minister’s Statement on public accessibility of government information

Minute number: 19/784/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the Chief Minister’s Statement on accessibility of government information.

• 19/784 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agreement Annual Report 2019

Minute number: 19/455/CAB

Cabinet agreed to the introduction of the first Annual Report to the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agreement 2019-2028 (Agreement).

The first Annual Report demonstrates the genuine efforts of the ACT Government to partner with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to harness cultural knowledge and build a respectful, fair and inclusive Canberra community. The first Annual Report highlights progress and some early achievements against the objectives and outcomes set out in the Focus Areas of the Agreement.

• 19/455 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Report of the Review of Section 44 of the Bail Act 1992

Minute number: 20/094/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Attorney-General present the Report of the Review of Section 44 of the Bail Act 1992 in the Legislative Assembly.

• 20/094 Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Response to Assembly Resolution – Bus Resolution of 27 November 2019

Minute number: 19/762/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Transport present a response to a resolution of the Legislative Assembly on 27 November 2019 concerning the public transport network.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Ministerial Statement – ACT Government Second Progress Report Responding to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Minute number: 20/149/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Chief Minister present a Statement to update the Legislative Assembly on the progress of implementing the recommendations from the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and to table the ACT Government Second Annual Progress Report 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: Government Response to Assembly Resolution of 18 September 2019 – Children and Young People in Out of Home Care

Minute number: 19/619/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Children, Youth and Families present a Statement in response to the motion in the Legislative Assembly of 18 September 2019.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

A Step Up for Our Kids Out of Home Care Strategy Update – April 2020

Minute number: 19/780/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Children, Youth and Families present a Statement on the progress of the A Step Up for Our Kids Out of Home Care Strategy and table a Snapshot Report 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: Response to Assembly Resolution of 15 May 2019 – Sexual Health Outreach

Minute number: 20/064/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a Statement to update the Legislative Assembly on Sexual Health Outreach in response to an Assembly Resolution of 15 May 2019.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Ministerial Statement: Biannual Update on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Final Report – Independent Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services

Minute number: 20/112/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a Statement to update the Assembly on the implementation of the recommendations of the Final Report: Independent Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services. The update also provided a response to Recommendation 75 of the Select Committee on Estimates Report 2019-20.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Ministerial Statement: Canberra Health Services Occupational Violence Strategy

Minute number: 20/160/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a Statement in the Legislative Assembly about the Canberra Health Services Occupational Violence Strategy.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Ministerial Statement: Building Regulatory Reform Program – Six Monthly Update

Minute number: 20/097/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Building Quality Improvement present a statement in the Legislative Assembly on the progress of building regulatory reforms, and work that will help with managing temperatures in residential buildings.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Ministerial Statement: Update on the policy directions for mental health in the ACT

Minute number: 20/166/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Minister for Mental Health present a Statement updating the Legislative Assembly on policy directions for mental health in the ACT.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.

Territory Records Act 2002 – proposed Intergovernmental Agreement

Minute number: 20/050/CAB

Cabinet agreed that the Director of Territory Records proceed with an agreement with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency regarding its recordkeeping arrangements.
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:

• Icon Water Board (Minute number: 20/167/CAB)
• Teacher Quality Institute Board (Minute number: 20/130/CAB)
• ACT Heritage Council (Minute number: 19/570/CAB)
• Mental Health Advisory Council (Minute number: 20/133/CAB)

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, Triple Bottom Line Assessments are not required for appointments.