❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on media, communications, and marketing staff within agencies under the Treasurer's control. The responses vary, with some agencies providing detailed information, while others report no relevant staff or refer to publicly available reports.
AnsweredQoN 2017Legislative Assembly
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I refer the Treasurer to each department and agency under the Treasurer’s control, including his office, and ask: (a) what is the total number of employees engaged in media, communications, marketing, or speechwriting, including: (i) public; (ii) corporate; and (iii) media relations; (b) what is the salary band for each of these employees; (c) what is the job title for each of these employees; (d) what entitlements do these employees receive (such as phone and vehicle entitlements); and (e) for each employee please provide an itemised breakdown for: (i) phone entitlements; (ii) phone entitlements; and (iii) vehicle entitlements?
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Answered
6 May 2014
Response time
35 days
Ministerial Office
(a)-(e) Information relating to staff can be found in the Ministerial Resourcing Report tabled in Parliament every quarter as part of this Government's ongoing commitment to accountability and transparency. The most recent Ministerial Resourcing Report was tabled on 27 February 2014.
Department of Treasury
(a) Four.
(i) Nil.
(ii) Four.
(iii) Nil.
(b) Level 7, Level 6, Level 5, Level 4.
(c) Manager Business Communications, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Project Officer, Communications Officer.
(d) The Manager Business Communications has a mobile phone. The Senior Communications Officer has a mobile phone.
(e)(i) Manager Business Communications mobile telephone: Apple iPhone 5 16GB - cost $739.00, data plan per month $30.00. Senior Communications Officer mobile telephone: Nokia 2730 - approximate cost $89.00, no data plan (charged for individual calls).
(ii) Refer to answer to part (e)(i).
(iii) Nil.
Office of the Auditor General
(a)(i)-(ii) One.
(b) Level 7.2 ($110,884)
(c) Manager Communications
(d) Mobile phone
(e)(i) Apple iPhone 4 - purchase cost $908.18 ex GST
Plan Details:
Provider: Telstra - CUA 56808 Telecommunications Services
Voice Plan Name and Cost: Enterprise Fleet Plan 30 - Cost $30 per month inc. GST
Data Plan Name and Cost: Mobile Connect - includes 2GB of data per month in Australia - Cost $29.94 minus a $10.01 monthly discount - equating to $19.93 inc. GST
Total Monthly Cost for the Voice and Data and Plan is $49.93 inc. of GST
(e)(ii)-(iii) Not applicable
Economic Regulation Authority
(a) Nil
(a)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable
Government Employees Superannuation Board
(a) 14.1 FTE
(i) Public - 1 FTE
(ii) Corporate - 3 FTE
(iii) Media Relations 0.5 FTE (incorporated with Public)
(b) Equivalent to Level 9, Equivalent to Level 9, Equivalent to Level 8, Equivalent to Level 8, Equivalent to Level 8, Level 7, Level 6, Level 6, Level 6, Level 5, Level 5, Level 5, Level 4, Level 3, Level 2
(c) Senior Manager - Products & Marketing, Head of Corporate Communication,
Manager Culture and Communication, Senior Manager E Commerce, Senior Consultant E Commerce, Product Development Manager, E Commerce Manager, Manager Online and Corporate Communication, Marketing Communications Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Marketing Database Manager, Campaign Manager, Marketing Communications Coordinator, Campaign Marketing Assistant, Marketing Communications Assistant
(d) None
(e)(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Western Australian Treasury Corporation
(a) Nil
(a)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable
Insurance Commission of Western Australia
(a) Nil
(a)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable
(a)-(e) Information relating to staff can be found in the Ministerial Resourcing Report tabled in Parliament every quarter as part of this Government's ongoing commitment to accountability and transparency. The most recent Ministerial Resourcing Report was tabled on 27 February 2014.
Department of Treasury
(a) Four.
(i) Nil.
(ii) Four.
(iii) Nil.
(b) Level 7, Level 6, Level 5, Level 4.
(c) Manager Business Communications, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Project Officer, Communications Officer.
(d) The Manager Business Communications has a mobile phone. The Senior Communications Officer has a mobile phone.
(e)(i) Manager Business Communications mobile telephone: Apple iPhone 5 16GB - cost $739.00, data plan per month $30.00. Senior Communications Officer mobile telephone: Nokia 2730 - approximate cost $89.00, no data plan (charged for individual calls).
(ii) Refer to answer to part (e)(i).
(iii) Nil.
Office of the Auditor General
(a)(i)-(ii) One.
(b) Level 7.2 ($110,884)
(c) Manager Communications
(d) Mobile phone
(e)(i) Apple iPhone 4 - purchase cost $908.18 ex GST
Plan Details:
Provider: Telstra - CUA 56808 Telecommunications Services
Voice Plan Name and Cost: Enterprise Fleet Plan 30 - Cost $30 per month inc. GST
Data Plan Name and Cost: Mobile Connect - includes 2GB of data per month in Australia - Cost $29.94 minus a $10.01 monthly discount - equating to $19.93 inc. GST
Total Monthly Cost for the Voice and Data and Plan is $49.93 inc. of GST
(e)(ii)-(iii) Not applicable
Economic Regulation Authority
(a) Nil
(a)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable
Government Employees Superannuation Board
(a) 14.1 FTE
(i) Public - 1 FTE
(ii) Corporate - 3 FTE
(iii) Media Relations 0.5 FTE (incorporated with Public)
(b) Equivalent to Level 9, Equivalent to Level 9, Equivalent to Level 8, Equivalent to Level 8, Equivalent to Level 8, Level 7, Level 6, Level 6, Level 6, Level 5, Level 5, Level 5, Level 4, Level 3, Level 2
(c) Senior Manager - Products & Marketing, Head of Corporate Communication,
Manager Culture and Communication, Senior Manager E Commerce, Senior Consultant E Commerce, Product Development Manager, E Commerce Manager, Manager Online and Corporate Communication, Marketing Communications Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Marketing Database Manager, Campaign Manager, Marketing Communications Coordinator, Campaign Marketing Assistant, Marketing Communications Assistant
(d) None
(e)(i)-(iii) Not applicable
Western Australian Treasury Corporation
(a) Nil
(a)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable
Insurance Commission of Western Australia
(a) Nil
(a)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable
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