Cabinet papers - Information releases
Proactively releasing information promotes good government, openness and transparency, and fosters public trust and confidence in agencies. MSD supports the proactive release of Cabinet papers in line with the guidance set out in the Cabinet Manual and Cabinet Office Circular (18) 4.
The paper ‘Annual General Adjustment 2024’ seeks to submit to the Executive Council the Orders and Amendment Regulations for the 2024 Annual General Adjustment (AGA). These instruments will give effect to the 2024 AGA and reflect the change to index main benefits by increases in the Consumers Price Index (CPI).
The paper ‘Recommencing Public Housing Tenancy Reviews’ sets out decisions to recommence public housing tenancy reviews, with an initial focus on eligible tenants paying the market rent, that have held a tenancy for three years or more.
These papers relate to the Social Workers Registration Legislation Amendment Bill which proposed to delay the repeal of the experience pathway for social worker registration from 28 February 2024 to 28 February 2026.
The paper ‘Shifting People from Welfare to Work’ informed Cabinet on the first actions to shift people from the Jobseeker Support benefit into work and reduce benefit dependency.
The paper ‘Social Security (Benefits Adjustment) and Income Tax (Minimum Family Tax Credit) Amendment Bill: Approval for Introduction’ sought approval for the introduction of the Social Security (Benefits Adjustment) and Income Tax (Minimum Family Tax Credit) Amendment Bill (the Bill) to the House.
