VPRS 17860 Departmental Cabinet-in-Confidence Working Records, Andrews/Allan Government [Prevention of Family Violence]

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This series comprises Cabinet-in-Confidence records related to the Prevention of Family Violence Ministerial Portfolio of the Andrews/Allan Government created within the Department of Premier and Cabinet (VA 1039) to assist:

- in the preparation or tracking of a submission to Cabinet or a Cabinet Committee,
- in the development of advice to a Minister or departmental officer on any matter that has been or is intended to be considered by Cabinet or one of its Committees, or in the communication of outcomes of Cabinet or Cabinet Committee deliberations.

Cabinet-in-Confidence related papers include:
- any original, draft, extract or copy of a document which relates to or refers to a matter that has been or is intended to be considered by Cabinet or one of its Committees,
- any background, issues, discussion or consultation papers relating to a matter that has been or is intended to be considered by Cabinet or one of its Committees.

Examples include:
- draft Cabinet or Cabinet Committee material and any proposed or actual attachment to Cabinet or Cabinet Committee submissions,
- Ministerial briefing notes, memos or speaking notes,
- departmental briefing notes, memos, comments and discussion papers on Cabinet material, such as possible legislation proposals or terms of reference for a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry,
- relevant legal opinions,
- correspondence identifying Cabinet-in-Confidence information,
- internal distribution lists for Cabinet-in-Confidence material, and
- Cabinet or Cabinet Committee memberships and meeting schedules.

For Cabinet-in-Confidence records created by the Cabinet Office, refer to VPRS 12643 Cabinet Office Records, Multiple Number System.

Note: The original signed submission and submissions and briefs prepared by Departments and not submitted to Cabinet also form part of departmental Cabinet-in-Confidence records, (i.e. this series).

This portfolio was initially administered by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (VA 1039) (Victoria Government Gazette, No. S460, 24 December 2014), until being transferred through a machinery-of-government change to VA 5037 Department of Health and Human Services effective 1 July 2017 (Victoria Government Gazette, No. G43, 25 October 2018).

As part of machinery of government changes which split the Department of Health and Human Services (VA 5037) into the Department of Health IV (VA 5255) and the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (VA 5256), this portfolio became part of DFFH on 1 February 2021 (Victoria Government Gazette, No. S41, 27 January 2021).

Note that in 2021 a number of records, apparently created in 2020, were transferred from the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The records are located in Consignment C3. The reason why the records were created several years after responsibility for the portfolio had transferred from the department has not been researched.