Cabinet decision summary for the week of 24 August 2020
Cabinet date: Monday, 24 August 2020
Mandatory hotel quarantine options
Minute number: 20/512/SEMC
Cabinet agreed to hotel options to support quarantine arrangements for international and domestic travellers.
ACT Government Engineering Workforce Plan
Minute number: 20/114/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the release of the ACT Government Engineering Workforce Plan.
Development of a Smoke and Air Quality Strategy
Minute number: 20/368/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a Ministerial Statement in the Legislative Assembly outlining actions being taken by government to manage smoke and air quality issues.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
ACT Government position on minimum age of criminal responsibility
Minute number: 20/444/CAB
Cabinet agreed the ACT Government consider a further submission in early 2021 that examines how a higher minimum age of criminal responsibility could be implemented in the ACT.
Quarterly Report 2019-20 Whole of Government Capital Works Program – period ending 30 June 2020
Minute number: 20/764/CAB
Cabinet agreed to table the 2019-20 Capital Works Report year to date – 30 June 2020 in the Legislative Assembly as required under Section 30F of the Financial Management Act 1996.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Statement: Update to the Government Response to Select Committee on Estimates Report 2018-19 Recommendation 56 and Standing Committee on Health Ageing and Community Services Report 10 lnquiry into Maternity Services in the ACT Recommendation 3
Minute number: 20/477/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health present a Statement in the Legislative Assembly to provide an update to the Assembly on the Select Committee on Estimates 2018-19 Recommendation 56 and Recommendation 3 Maternity Inquiry.
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 03/2020 – Data Security
Minute number: 20/458/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Attorney General present the Government Response to the Auditor-General’s Report 03/2020 – Data Security to the Legislative Assembly.
Response to Assembly Resolution: Commercial Waste Reduction – Mixed Use Areas
Minute number: 20/400/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction table a Statement in the Legislative Assembly, responding to the Assembly Resolution of June 2020. The response provides information on commercial waste collections in mixed use areas of the ACT and the framework which regulates this activity.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Government Response to Inquiry into Youth Mental Health in the ACT Report 9 Recommendation 48 (Update on the 2018 Position Statement on Eating Disorders) and Update on Government Response to Appropriation Bill 2019-20 Recommendation 99 (Centre for Eating Disorders)
Minute number: 20/509/CAB
Cabinet agreed to the Government Response to the Inquiry into Youth Mental Health in the ACT Report 9 Recommendation 48 (Update on the 2018 Position Statement on Eating Disorders) and Update on Government Response to Appropriation Bill 2019-20 Recommendation 99 (Centre for Eating Disorders). Cabinet agreed the Minister for Health table both items in the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Update on the Youth Mental Health in the ACT Report – Recommendation 19
Minute number: 20/511/CAB
Cabinet agreed the Minister for Mental Health table the timeline for completion of the Adolescent Mental Health Unit at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children in the Legislative Assembly.
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Triple Bottom Line Assessment was required for this item.
Appointments
Cabinet endorsed the below appointment.
- ACT Courts and Tribunal (Minute number: 20/491/CAB)
Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, Triple Bottom Line Assessments are not required for appointments.