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❓ Hon Donna Faragher requests details on media monitoring contracts for departments under the Minister for Resources and Assisting the Minister for State Development. The Minister declines to provide the information due to resource constraints and previous investigations.

AnsweredQoN 4332Legislative Council

Asked

1 November 2006

Member

Hon Donna Faragher

Portfolio

Resources and Assisting the Minister for State Development

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For each Government Department or Agency under the Minister’s control, including the Ministerial Office -
(1) Which firm or firms currently provide a media monitoring service?
(2) What is/are the name/names of this/these firm/firms?
(3) What is the cost of the contract/s?
(4) What is the duration of the contract/s?
(5) When did the contract/s commence?
(6) For how long will the contract/s run?

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Answered

4 December 2006

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources and Assisting the Minister for State Development

Response time

33 days

(1-6) Accessing the details of all contracts and costs of media monitoring would involve a commitment of considerable staff and resources, which I am not prepared to authorise, given that there have been two across-Government investigations (in 1989 and 2002) to assess monitoring needs and they recommended against change.

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