❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on spending by the Attorney General and Minister for Commerce's departments on professional photography services since March 2017, differentiating between event-based and non-event-based photography. Several departments responded, with some providing data and others referring to other questions or stating the question was not applicable.
AnsweredQoN 4458Legislative Assembly
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Have any of your departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations (since 17 March 2017) spent money on professional photographer services: (a) If so, for all non-event based photography: (i) What company has been engaged to undertake the photography; (ii) What was the purpose of each engagement of service; and (iii) How much money has been spent; and (b) If so, for all event-based photography: (i) What company has been engaged to undertake the photography; (ii) What was the event photographed and where; (iii) Was the photographer paid money to undertake travel, and if so, how much; and (iv) How much money has been spent in total?
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Answered
13 March 2019
Response time
7 days
The Corruption and Crime Commission:
Whilst it is unclear what the member is referring to by “event based” and “non-event based”, the total cost can be supplied as per (b) (iv) of the question.
(b) Yes
The Department of Justice:
(a) Nil.
(b) Yes.
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety:
Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4462.
The Equal Opportunity Commission:
(a) Yes
(b) Yes
The Equal Opportunity Commission; The Legal Practice Board (including the Legal Professional Complaints Committee); LegalAid Western Australia; The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Office of the Information Commissioner/Freedom of Information; The State Solicitors Office; Solicitor General's Office:
(a) - (b) Not applicable.
Whilst it is unclear what the member is referring to by “event based” and “non-event based”, the total cost can be supplied as per (b) (iv) of the question.
(b) Yes
The Department of Justice:
(a) Nil.
(b) Yes.
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety:
Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4462.
The Equal Opportunity Commission:
(a) Yes
(b) Yes
The Equal Opportunity Commission; The Legal Practice Board (including the Legal Professional Complaints Committee); LegalAid Western Australia; The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Office of the Information Commissioner/Freedom of Information; The State Solicitors Office; Solicitor General's Office:
(a) - (b) Not applicable.
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