Cabinet Submission and Cabinet Briefing

Identifies substantive Australian federal and state Cabinet submissions, memoranda, approval papers, and Cabinet briefs, briefing notes and briefing books. Topic phrases are retained for discovery; enforcement requires purpose, recommendation, financial, consultation, implementation, risk, regulatory, key-issues, talking-points or decision-sought sections, and high confidence also requires a formal Cabinet marking, minute, decision, or submission identifier. Absorbed global-top500-492-cabinet-briefing-books (2026-09-24).

Type

regex

Engine

boost_regex

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence requires substantive submission content rather than a title. High confidence adds formal Cabinet handling or record identifiers.

Jurisdictions

global

Regulations

Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld), Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

Frameworks

QGISCF

Data categories

government, cabinet

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

10

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?is)\b(?:cabinet\s+(?:submission|memorandum|decision|approval|brief|briefing(?:\s+(?:book|note|paper))?)|for\s+cabinet\s+(?:consideration|approval))\b

Should match

• CABINET-IN-CONFIDENCE Cabinet Submission CAB-2026-0417 Title: Regional water security investment program Portfolio: Regional Development and Water Purpose: To seek Cabinet approval for a $1.2 billion, ten-year regional water security program. Recommendations: That Cabinet approve stage 1 funding of $310 million and note the proposed pipeline route. Financial implications: Stage 1 is unfunded and requires a Treasury provision in the 2027-28 Budget. Consultation: Queensland Treasury and the Department of Environment have been consulted. — Populated Cabinet submission with marking and submission identifier (85)
• CABINET-IN-CONFIDENCE Cabinet briefing book - Cabinet meeting 14 September 2026 Item 3: Cabinet submission CAB-2026-0452, youth justice reforms Key issues: Police support the bail amendments; the Human Rights Commission has raised compatibility concerns. Recommendations: The Minister supports the submission subject to a 12-month review clause. Talking points: The package delivers on the election commitment and is fully funded from existing resources. — Populated Cabinet briefing book carried over from the absorbed briefing-books scope (85)
• Cabinet briefing note for the Minister Purpose: To brief the Minister ahead of Monday's Cabinet meeting on the hospital car parking concession. Key issues: The operator seeks a five-year extension in return for capital works. Financial implications: Forgone concession revenue of about $14M over four years. — Populated Cabinet briefing note without a formal marking or identifier (75)
• For Cabinet consideration Purpose: To seek agreement to release the draft Housing Strategy for public consultation. Decision sought: Cabinet agree to release the draft strategy on 1 October 2026. Risk assessment: Delay beyond October would compress the statutory consultation period. — Populated Cabinet paper with decision-sought section but no marking (75)

Should not match

• Kitchen cabinet installation guide — Non-match 1
• The filing cabinet was full — Furniture usage
• The public guide explains how agencies prepare a Cabinet submission. — Public process guidance without a submission record
• Training example: Cabinet-in-Confidence Cabinet submission CAB-2026-104 with recommendations and decision sought — Explicit training content must not enforce
• The Premier confirmed Cabinet approval of the Olympic venues plan at a press conference on Tuesday, saying construction would begin next year. — News report of a Cabinet decision without submission content (discovery only)
• Under the Cabinet Handbook, departments prepare a Cabinet briefing note for their Minister before each meeting and lodge it through the Cabinet Services portal. — Public handbook-style description of Cabinet briefing notes (discovery only)

Known false positives

• Public process guidance, historical commentary, and generic policy material discuss Cabinet submissions, recommendations, and decisions without containing a live submission. Mitigation: Keep Cabinet topics discovery-only and require substantive purpose, recommendation, financial, consultation, implementation, risk, regulatory, or decision-sought content.
• Training submissions can contain realistic Cabinet markings, numbers, sections, recommendations, and decisions sought. Mitigation: Reject explicit template, demo, tutorial, sample-data, and training-example framing from enforcing tiers.
• Cabinet Handbook text, agency process pages and news reports mention Cabinet briefs, briefing notes and briefing books without containing one. Mitigation: Briefing topics are discovery-only; enforcement needs populated purpose, key-issues, recommendation, talking-points, financial or decision-sought sections. Generic ministerial briefs, Prime Minister, Executive Council and Cabinet committee references are deliberately not primaries.

References

• Criminal Code 1899 (Qld)
• Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)