❓ Mr Murray questions the Department of Transport regarding oOh! Media billboards on Forrest Highway, specifically land ownership, leasing arrangements, financial returns, advertising control, and content/location criteria. The Department clarifies that the billboards are on private land, they have no leasing involvement, no control over content, and location is governed by their roadside advertising guide.
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I refer to the placement of oOh! Media advertising billboards on the Forrest Highway and ask:
(a) does the Department of Transport own the land the billboards are placed on;
(b) if not, what leasing arrangements are in place between land owners and the billboard owners;
(c) if yes, does the Department of Transport, receive a commission or some form of financial return from oOh! Media for leasing billboards on government land;
(d) does the Department of Transport have any control over the clients and the products or services advertised using the oOh! Media billboards; and
(e) other than local government authorisation, under the Main Roads Act 1930, what content and location criteria does the Department of Transport apply to roadside billboards?
(a) does the Department of Transport own the land the billboards are placed on;
(b) if not, what leasing arrangements are in place between land owners and the billboard owners;
(c) if yes, does the Department of Transport, receive a commission or some form of financial return from oOh! Media for leasing billboards on government land;
(d) does the Department of Transport have any control over the clients and the products or services advertised using the oOh! Media billboards; and
(e) other than local government authorisation, under the Main Roads Act 1930, what content and location criteria does the Department of Transport apply to roadside billboards?
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Answered
11 June 2013
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
35 days
Main Roads WA advises:
(a) No.
(b) The billboards are located on
private property and as such any leasing arrangement would be a matter for the
parties involved.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) No.
(e) The content is
governed by industry standards and the location by Main Roads' Guide to the
Management of Roadside Advertising.
(a) No.
(b) The billboards are located on
private property and as such any leasing arrangement would be a matter for the
parties involved.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) No.
(e) The content is
governed by industry standards and the location by Main Roads' Guide to the
Management of Roadside Advertising.
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