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The National Cabinet is responsible for endorsing and coordinating national actions in Australia in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|coronavirus pandemic]]. It is advised and supported by the [[Australian Health Protection Principal Committee]] (AHPPC),<ref name=ahppc>{{cite web |title=Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) |website=Australian Government Department of Health |date=6 February 2020 |url=https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/australian-health-protection-principal-committee-ahppc |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/gvfdh |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> an ongoing body composed of the [[Chief Medical Officer]] of the [[Commonwealth of Australia|Commonwealth]] and the Chief Health Officers of each of the [[Australian states and territories|states and territories]].<ref name="Prime Minister of Australia">{{cite press release |date=16 March 2020 |title=Coronavirus measures endorsed by National Cabinet |website=Prime Minister of Australia |publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (Australia)|Prime Minister's Office]] |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/coronavirus-measures-endorsed-national-cabinet |access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411171559/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/coronavirus-measures-endorsed-national-cabinet |url-status=dead }}</ref> The AHPPC uses the currently available [[mathematical model|modelling]], research and data to inform the decisions made by the National Cabinet.<ref name=menziesconv>{{cite web |last=Menzies |first=Jennifer |title=Explainer: what is the national cabinet and is it democratic? |website=The Conversation |date=31 March 2020 |url=http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-the-national-cabinet-and-is-it-democratic-135036 | access-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207030345/https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-the-national-cabinet-and-is-it-democratic-135036 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The National Cabinet is responsible for endorsing and coordinating national actions in Australia in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|coronavirus pandemic]]. It is advised and supported by the [[Australian Health Protection Principal Committee]] (AHPPC),<ref name=ahppc>{{cite web |title=Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) |website=Australian Government Department of Health |date=6 February 2020 |url=https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/australian-health-protection-principal-committee-ahppc |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/gvfdh |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> an ongoing body composed of the [[Chief Medical Officer]] of the [[Commonwealth of Australia|Commonwealth]] and the Chief Health Officers of each of the [[Australian states and territories|states and territories]].<ref name="Prime Minister of Australia">{{cite press release |date=16 March 2020 |title=Coronavirus measures endorsed by National Cabinet |website=Prime Minister of Australia |publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (Australia)|Prime Minister's Office]] |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/coronavirus-measures-endorsed-national-cabinet |access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411171559/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/coronavirus-measures-endorsed-national-cabinet |url-status=dead }}</ref> The AHPPC uses the currently available [[mathematical model|modelling]], research and data to inform the decisions made by the National Cabinet.<ref name=menziesconv>{{cite web |last=Menzies |first=Jennifer |title=Explainer: what is the national cabinet and is it democratic? |website=The Conversation |date=31 March 2020 |url=http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-the-national-cabinet-and-is-it-democratic-135036 | access-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207030345/https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-the-national-cabinet-and-is-it-democratic-135036 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>



The prime minister at the time, [[Scott Morrison]], has said that the National Cabinet has "the status of a cabinet meeting" at a federal level, meaning it has the same confidentiality and [[Freedom of Information]] protections as the [[Cabinet of Australia|federal cabinet]], under the ''[[Freedom of Information Act 1982]]''.<ref name=afr18mar/> However, this was later rejected in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which found that the body was not a Cabinet committee and was subject to ordinary freedom of information laws.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Twomey |first=Anne |date=2021-08-06 |title=Nowhere to hide: the significance of national cabinet not being a cabinet |url=http://theconversation.com/nowhere-to-hide-the-significance-of-national-cabinet-not-being-a-cabinet-165671 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref>

The prime minister at the time, [[Scott Morrison]], has said that the National Cabinet has "the status of a cabinet meeting" at a federal level, meaning it has the same confidentiality and [[Freedom of Information]] protections as the [[Cabinet of Australia|federal cabinet]], under the ''[[Freedom of Information Act 1982]]''.<ref name=afr18mar/> The [[Right|legal authority]] for much of this structure is based on practice and convention, contained in the official ''Cabinet Handbook'';<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/foi-logs/foi-2020-165_0.pdf |edition=13th |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |location=Canberra, Australia |title=Cabinet Handbook |author=Commonwealth of Australia. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |isbn=978-1-925364-00-2 |date=2019|access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207031100/https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/foi-logs/foi-2020-165_0.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> strictly speaking, based on the [[Westminster system]], cabinet decisions do not of themselves have legal authority. This comes from the [[Federal Executive Council (Australia)|Federal Executive Council]], which gives legal force to decisions made by cabinet.<ref name=afr18mar/> The "National Partnership on Covid-19 Response" states in Part 6 (46) that the parties "do not intend any of the provisions of this Agreement to be legally enforceable".<ref name =natpart/>



Public policy specialist Jennifer Menzies describes the National Cabinet as "COAG by another name", which has taken on a leadership role during a time of national crisis. She writes "Though called a cabinet, the national cabinet is technically an intergovernmental forum. The conventions and rules of cabinet, such as cabinet solidarity and the secrecy provisions, do not apply to the national cabinet. Its power is that which the leaders of all Australian jurisdictions bring to negotiate on behalf of their people, and to implement the decisions reached." This model has been called [[executive federalism]].<ref name=menziesconv/>

Public policy specialist Jennifer Menzies describes the National Cabinet as "COAG by another name", which has taken on a leadership role during a time of national crisis. She writes "Though called a cabinet, the national cabinet is technically an intergovernmental forum. The conventions and rules of cabinet, such as cabinet solidarity and the secrecy provisions, do not apply to the national cabinet. Its power is that which the leaders of all Australian jurisdictions bring to negotiate on behalf of their people, and to implement the decisions reached." This model has been called [[executive federalism]].<ref name=menziesconv/>

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