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EC meetings are held on most Mondays at 4pm in the Executive Council meeting room on level 10 of the Beehive, and are presided over by the Governor-General or, in the Governor-General’s absence overseas, by the Administrator of the Government. From time...

Candidate CV Formdocx22.38 KB Refer to these pages for more information Cabinet paper template - appointment Appointment paper organisation form CabNet: Uploading attachments to Cabinet papers CabNet: How to upload appointments papers

Organisation Form (December 2019)docx21.26 KB Refer to these pages for more information Cabinet paper template - appointments Appointment paper candidate CV form CabNet: Uploading attachments to Cabinet papers CabNet: How to upload...

Appointments made by the Governor-General outside Executive Council Templates are available for appointments made by the Governor-General or appointments made by the Administrator of the Government outside of Executive Council. The Administrator fulfils...

This page sets out the requirements and processes for considering appointments (and reappointments) made by Ministers, the Governor-General on the advice of a Minister, or by the Governor-General in Executive Council. The standard process for...

When considering Cabinet papers at Cabinet committees, Ministers will sometimes ask officials to come in to answer questions or speak to them about the matter when they need further information. This is likely to be the case for papers involving...

Cabinet and Cabinet committee minutes are the formal record of a decision, and are prepared and published by the Cabinet Office once a Cabinet paper or oral item has been considered by Cabinet or a Cabinet committee. Important note: All decisions by a...

The deadline for lodging Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers is 10:00am on the Thursday before the meeting. If any Cabinet or Cabinet committee papers are unable to be lodged in CabNet or with the Cabinet Office (if papers are highly...

Ministers are expected to consult their relevant Ministerial colleagues before submitting Cabinet committee papers that deal with significant or potentially controversial matters, or that affect other Ministers’ portfolio interests. Where there is a...

Once the policy content of a bill has been agreed, and the bill has been drafted, approval must be sought through LEG and Cabinet for the introduction of the bill to the House of Representatives. LEG will examine the bill to ensure that its policy...

Papers seeking approval for treaty actions generally follow the format of standard Cabinet papers. Below is an annotated example of an international treaty action paper. Template for international treaty Cabinet papersdocx23.09 KB [...

Papers that are submitted to Cabinet or committee seeking authorisation for the submission of regulations to the Executive Council must follow the format set out below. Each heading must appear in the paper (write "not applicable" if the heading is not...

CabNet user accounts CabNet is used by government agencies that require access to Cabinet material. CabNet is operated under a devolved accountability and user-administration model - agencies that use CabNet are responsible for administering the...

General Cabinet Ministers have access to all Cabinet material on CabNet. Ministers outside Cabinet have access to Cabinet material for the Cabinet committees they are on, and to papers within their own portfolio or relating to their portfolio....

Calendar of meetings The CabNet calendar contains all Cabinet, Cabinet committee and Executive Council meeting events within an upcoming year. For those officials who do not have access to CabNet, a schedule of the next week’s meetings is...

A Cabinet Committee Agenda is generated on the basis of the items listed against the meeting event in CabNet. Items are listed against a meeting event in CabNet as a result of Ministers’ offices and agencies nominating a meeting for the consideration of...

Highly classified submissions must be hand-delivered to Cabinet Office reception by the Minister’s office. The checklist for Ministers’ offices lists all of the steps that are required for submitting a highly classified Cabinet or Cabinet committee...

Appointment papers are Cabinet papers which propose the appointment or reappointment of an individual, or several individuals, by a Minister. CabNet requires users to nominate the type of paper being uploaded at the start of the upload process. The...

Travel papers are Cabinet papers CabNet requires users to nominate the type of paper being uploaded at the start of the upload process. The three types are General, Appointment, and Travel. Both agency CabNet users and Ministerial office CabNet users...

Documents related to a Cabinet paper (such as any attachments, the Cabinet Office summary, and the minute) are all compiled within a container in CabNet called the “submission preview”. The submission preview is created when a paper is uploaded into...

The Cabinet Office publishes Cabinet material on CabNet when the final version is to be made available to relevant users. A user will be notified of documents that are published. Refer to the section on navigating CabNet to find out more about how to...

Types of attachments During the preparation and drafting of a Cabinet or Cabinet committee paper consideration should be given to whether or not attachments are required. Attachments should be uploaded in PDF form, and could be one of the following...

All Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers with a security classification of In Confidence, Sensitive or Restricted must be lodged in CabNet, once the owning Minister has given their approval. Cabinet papers should be lodged in CabNet by 10am on the...

Key Points This circular provides advice on the appointment of public servants to statutory boards. The circular notes that: Cabinet has agreed that, as a general rule, Ministers should not appoint public servants to statutory boards. There...

Ministers and departments are unable to access highly classified Cabinet material electronically. Hard copy versions of highly classified Cabinet and Cabinet committee material are delivered to Ministers’ offices by the Cabinet Office, and are...

Below is a template advice sheet that can be downloaded and edited for items submitted to the Executive Council (including for Orders in Council/regulations). The advice sheet must be: addressed to the Governor-General (unless the Governor-General is...

The need for Executive Council (EC) action on a particular matter will be indicated in the relevant statutory provision by the words “in Council” (i.e. “the Governor-General in Council” or “by Order in Council”). Matters that require action by EC are as...

This page contains templates for the following: general government response paper to the Cabinet Legislation Committee seeking the approval of a government response to a select committee inquiry or petition government response to a Law Commission...

What types of items are not lodged in CabNet? There are two types of Cabinet and committee items that are not uploaded into CabNet: highly classified papers – papers classified Confidential or higher (or with certain endorsements) cannot be uploaded...

COVID-19 proactive release material was originally published on the Unite Against COVID‑19 website. On 26 January 2023 this material was migrated to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website. Some parts of the information released is...

Cabinet appointment papers advise Cabinet of a Minister's intention to appoint a candidate to a statutory or other government agency. Appointment papers are considered by the Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee (APH). See the APH terms of...

Ministers receive hard-copy versions of all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers, which are delivered to Ministers’ offices by the Cabinet Office Registry. Important Note: When a Minister’s office receives Cabinet and Cabinet committee material,...

Once the policy content of a regulation has been agreed and the regulations have been drafted, authorisation must be sought through Cabinet Legislation Committee (LEG) for the item to be submitted to the Executive Council (EC). Among other things, the...

Preparing Ministers’ papers for a meeting Ministers receive all Cabinet and Cabinet committee items in hard copy from the Cabinet Office, unless they have opted to use CabDocs. Papers should be prepared for a Minister’s attendance at Cabinet or a...

The Template International Treaty Action Paper is included in the section of template papers. Template international treaty action paper Refer to the following pages for more information International treaties Arrangements When is Cabinet’s...

If any policy changes need to be made to a bill after it has been through the policy and legislative Cabinet committee stages and been introduced, this is usually done through a Supplementary Order Paper (SOP). An SOP that serves a mechanical purpose (e...