❓ 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
QuestionView source ↗
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?
AnswerView source ↗
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.
(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.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.