Cabinet submissions

Cabinet submissions are required for any matter where Cabinet is asked to make a decision – generally to approve a particular course of action.

A Cabinet submission is used for:

significant or sensitive policy decisions or announcements, whether they are new policies or changes to existing policies
significant or sensitive issues requiring extensive consultation with key business or community stakeholders or with the public sector
new legislation or regulations, or amendments to existing legislation and regulations
negotiating positions or terms of offer on significant industrial relations issues
politically sensitive ministerial statements
new public sector initiatives, contracts, purchase of goods and services or land, grants, payments and government office accommodation projects, in line with Treasurer’s Instructions 8 and 17
significant appointments, including to the judiciary, significant government boards and chief executive roles
Machinery of Government changes
establishing a new government board
the commissioning of, or proposed responses to, significant internal or external reviews
offers of rewards (such as in the case of missing persons)
any matter that requires approval of the Governor in Executive Council.

Included below are some of the topics that may be dealt with as a Cabinet submission: