A WA parliamentary question seeks details on government website costs (upgrades, new sites, domain purchases) and future upgrade plans. The Minister declined to answer due to the resource burden of gathering the information, offering to address specific queries instead.

AnsweredQoN 791Legislative Council
Asked
26 April 2005
Portfolio
State Development

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(b) details on the cost of any upgrades made to individual websites of each Department or Agency; (c) where applicable, details on the cost of creating a new website for each Department or Agency; and (d) details as to whether any payments were made by any Department or Agency to purchase any internet domain names or addresses from any other individual or organisation?
(c) where applicable, details on the cost of creating a new website for each Department or Agency; and (d) details as to whether any payments were made by any Department or Agency to purchase any internet domain names or addresses from any other individual or organisation?
(d) details as to whether any payments were made by any Department or Agency to purchase any internet domain names or addresses from any other individual or organisation?
(b) when was the payment made; (c) what was the cost of purchasing the domain name or address; and (d) details as to whether any Department or Agency has plans to undertake any upgrades of existing websites within the next 12 months?
(c) what was the cost of purchasing the domain name or address; and (d) details as to whether any Department or Agency has plans to undertake any upgrades of existing websites within the next 12 months?
(d) details as to whether any Department or Agency has plans to undertake any upgrades of existing websites within the next 12 months?
(b) date of which the upgraded website is expected be on-line; (c) cost of the upgrade; and (d) amount allocated in the Department or Agency’s budget for the upgrade?
(c) cost of the upgrade; and (d) amount allocated in the Department or Agency’s budget for the upgrade?
(d) amount allocated in the Department or Agency’s budget for the upgrade?
The information being sought by the member is not readily available. Provision of this information would require considerable research, which would divert staff away from their normal duties, and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. However, if the Member has a specific query, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the agency to provide information on that particular issue.
Provision of this information would require considerable research, which would divert staff away from their normal duties, and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response. However, if the Member has a specific query, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the agency to provide information on that particular issue.
However, if the Member has a specific query, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the agency to provide information on that particular issue.

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Answered
21 June 2005
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for State Development
Response time
56 days
Answer:
The information being sought by the member is not readily available.
Provision of this information would require considerable research, which would divert staff away from their normal duties, and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide a response.
However, if the Member has a specific query, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the agency to provide information on that particular issue.

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