Mr. Kirkup asks about media monitoring services used by the Police and Road Safety portfolios. The Police use the Department of Premier and Cabinet's Media Monitoring Unit. The Road Safety Council previously used Meltwater, and the Minister is seeking further information about its engagement.

AnsweredQoN 1036Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 June 2017
Portfolio
Police; Road Safety

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I refer to media monitoring services engaged by the Minister's departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations and ask: (a) What company is engaged to provide the service; (b) Is the service engaged on an ad-hoc (keyword, topic etc.) basis or on continual subscription: (i) If engaged on an ad-hoc basis, what are the keywords or topics which are monitored by the service; (c) What media outlets are monitored; and (d) What officers receive the media monitoring results and on what frequency?

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Answered
15 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
7 days
Police
(a) – (d) Western Australia Police utilise the services of the Media Monitoring Unit provided by Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Road Safety
(a) – (d) Meltweather was engaged by the RSC during the term of the former government. I will be seeking further advice as to why it was engaged and what facilities are provided.

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