A WA parliamentary question regarding the abolition of the Department of Culture and the Arts’ Digital Records Working Group, inquiring about funding, decision-making, and cost savings. The answers indicate the group had no funding responsibilities and decisions are now handled by the State Records Commission.

AnsweredQoN 3088Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 May 2010
Portfolio
Culture and the Arts

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In relation to the Premier’s announcement that he has abolished the Department of Culture and the Arts’ Digital Records Working Group, I ask:
(a) what is the budgeted amount of funding this committee was supposed to disperse or advise on in 2009–2010;
(b) how much funding was dispersed;
(c) who will now be making the decisions previously made by this committee;
(d) what is the budgeted amount of funding for equivalent grants previously dispersed or advised on in the 2010–2011 budget; and
(e) what are the cost savings from abolishing this committee and where have those savings been allocated?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
22 June 2010
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
28 days
(a) Nil
(b) Not applicable
(c) Decisions on digital recordkeeping in Western Australia are still made by the State Records Commission.
(d) Nil
(e) Not applicable
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