VPRS 17567 Cabinet Record IV, Liberal Government, Baillieu/Napthine

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This series comprises Cabinet decisions of the Liberal Government, Baillieu/Napthine 2010 to 2014.

The Cabinet Record for each meeting recorded :

- Cabinet members present and absent
- the meeting number and date
- the agenda number and title of each matter considered
- where relevant, the Cabinet Submission number
- the number and details of each decision.

In addition, each folio was numbered.

From October 2010 the Cabinet process continued to be similar to that used by the Labor Government (see VPRS 17316, Cabinet Record III). This system was set out in detail in the 1989 and 1997 editions of the Cabinet Handbook (see VPRS 11953 ).

Cabinet usually met weekly, usually at 10am on Mondays.

Many matters requiring Cabinet's consideration were brought to Cabinet by a Cabinet Submission. Submissions were lodged with the Cabinet Secretariat, ideally five days prior to the meeting at which they were to be considered and were distributed to Cabinet members prior to the meeting.

For each meeting an agenda was prepared by the Cabinet Secretary in liaison with the Cabinet Secretariat and distributed with the submissions prior to the meeting.

Officers of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet provided a written briefing to the Premier on most matters to be considered by Cabinet. Briefing papers, agenda and submissions for the period covered by this series are in (VPRS 12643).

Officials did not attend Cabinet meetings until October 1992. From October 1992 the Department of Premier and Cabinet was represented at Cabinet meetings by the Department of Premier and Cabinet Secretary or their representative. The Department of Premier and Cabinet Secretary's Cabinet Notebooks, containing notes taken at Cabinet meetings, comprise VPRS 12493 Secretary's Cabinet notebooks.

The Cabinet Secretary of the Cabinet took a record of the decisions of Cabinet and prepared a Cabinet Record of each meeting. Cabinet Records were not complete.