❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding government spending on professional photo editing services across various departments and agencies since March 2017. Some agencies, like Western Power and Horizon Power, have used these services, while others have not.
AnsweredQoN 4479Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 February 2019
Member
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations
QuestionView source ↗
Have any of your departments, agencies, boards, publicly owned corporations or Ministerial Office (since 17 March 2017) spent money on professional photo editing services: (a) If so: (i) What company has been engaged to undertake the photo editing; (ii) What was the purpose of each engagement; (iii) How much money has been spent; and (iv) Have the edited images been made publicly available: (A) If not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 March 2019
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations
Response time
6 days
Office of Hon Bill Johnston MLA
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Mineral Research Institute WA
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Department of Treasury (Public Utilities Office)
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Synergy
(a)(i)-(iv) Costs for photo editing are always included in professional photography services. Please refer to Synergy’s response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4462.
Western Power
Yes
(a)(i)-(iii) See tabled paper no .]
(iv) Western Power has used a number of these images publicly, and will continue to use the remainder over time as part of its corporate image library.
(A) Not applicable
Horizon Power
Yes
(a)(i)-(iii) [ See tabled paper no .]
(iv) Images have not been made publically available.
(A) Images are available from Horizon Power on request.
WA Industrial Relations Commission
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
WorkCover WA
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Construction Industry Long Service Leave Payments Board (MyLeave)
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Mineral Research Institute WA
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Department of Treasury (Public Utilities Office)
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Synergy
(a)(i)-(iv) Costs for photo editing are always included in professional photography services. Please refer to Synergy’s response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4462.
Western Power
Yes
(a)(i)-(iii) See tabled paper no .]
(iv) Western Power has used a number of these images publicly, and will continue to use the remainder over time as part of its corporate image library.
(A) Not applicable
Horizon Power
Yes
(a)(i)-(iii) [ See tabled paper no .]
(iv) Images have not been made publically available.
(A) Images are available from Horizon Power on request.
WA Industrial Relations Commission
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
WorkCover WA
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
Construction Industry Long Service Leave Payments Board (MyLeave)
No
(a)(i)-(iv) Not applicable
(A) Not applicable
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