COVID-19 Briefings - September 2022

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC):

COVID-19 Briefings - September 2022

The following documents have been included in this release:

• Title of briefing: Future COVID-19 Legal Framework – legal basis for baseline measures
• Title of briefing: Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet: Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund Quarter 4 Report
• Title of aide-memoire: Testing Innovation Weekly Update
• Title of briefing: COVID-19 Group Publicity Expenses Budget for 2022-23
• Title of briefing: COVID-19 Public Health Response (Masks) Order 2022 for signing
• Title of briefing: Near-Final Draft Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 2021/22 Annual Report: For Comment
• Title of briefing: Next Steps for Remaining COVID-19 Measures

Some parts of this information release would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant section of the Act that would apply has been identified. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.

Key to redaction codes:

• section 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of individuals
• section 9(2)(f)(iv), to maintain the confidentiality of advice tendered by or to Ministers and officials
• section 9(2)(h), to maintain legal professional privilege.