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(7) The ACT Government has established the Tax Reform Advisory Group to undertake a detailed analysis of tax reform and its effects across the community and economy since 2011. These matters are currently being examined by the Advisory Group as part of their broader analysis. As this task requires detailed analysis of historic data sets and would duplicate work currently underway, the answer to this question will be provided as part of the Advisory Group’s published analysis when it is complete.

Cabinet—transparency
(Question No 2616)

Mr Coe asked the Chief Minister, upon notice, on 2 August 2019:

(1) Broken down by each month since the commencement of the Freedom of Information Act 2016 to date, what is the total number of cabinet decision summaries that have been withheld.

(2) Further to part (1), for each cabinet decision summary that has been withheld, what is the (a) name and reference number of the cabinet brief or decision withheld, (b) date of the cabinet meeting and (c) date the reason for withholding access was published.

(3) What dates were each day of cabinet summary decisions published online since the commencement of the Freedom of Information Act 2016 to date.

Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Nine Cabinet decision summaries have been withheld since the commencement of the Freedom of Information Act 2016 (the Act) on 1 January 2018:

April 2018 – 1

June 2018 – 1

July 2018 – 1

August 2018 – 1

September 2018 – 2

February 2019 – 1

March 2019 – 1

April 2019 - 1

(2) The following Statements of Reasons for withholding access have been published on the Open Access Decision summary website since the commencement of the Act on 1 January 2018:

Where a determination has been made under the Act that disclosure is contrary to the public interest, the decision not to release is considered to extend to the title of the Cabinet item unless otherwise specified.

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