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❓ A parliamentary question seeks details on media monitoring contracts across government departments and agencies, including costs and durations. The Minister declined to answer, citing resource constraints and previous investigations.

AnsweredQoN 4349Legislative Council

Asked

1 November 2006

Member

Hon Donna Faragher

Portfolio

Government Enterprises

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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

5 December 2006

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Government Enterprises

Response time

34 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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