A WA parliamentary question requests data for multiple years, but the Premier declines to provide it due to cost and staff time, citing previous investigations on similar topics.

AnsweredQoN 4060Legislative Council
Asked
23 August 2006
Portfolio
Premier

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(b) 30th June 2002; (c) 30th June 2003; (d) 30th June 2004; (e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(c) 30th June 2003; (d) 30th June 2004; (e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(d) 30th June 2004; (e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(f) 30th June 2006?

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Answered
19 September 2006
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Premier
Response time
27 days
(1a-f) Surveying all agencies across Government to respond to these questions would involve unnecessary costs and staff time. However, two investigations have been carried out (in 1989 and 2002) of monitoring expenditure, the last survey indicating that 23 departments spent an average $14,000 each per year on external media monitoring.

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