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❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice requests details on the purchase of photography, videography, and software equipment by various government departments and agencies since March 17, 2017. The responses reveal varying levels of expenditure on Adobe software and camera equipment across different entities.

AnsweredQoN 566Legislative Assembly

Asked

25 May 2017

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science

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For each of your departments, agencies, boards, public owned corporations and Ministerial offices since 17 March 2017: (a) has any video, DSLR or digital cameras been purchased: (i) If yes, what was the make, model and cost of the camera; (b) has any lighting equipment specifically designed for photography or videography been purchased: (i) If yes, what was the make, model and cost of the equipment; (c) has any microphone equipment specifically designed for photography or videography been purchased: (i) If yes, what was the make, model and cost of the equipment; (d) has any broadcasting, video editing, photo editing software been purchased: (i) If yes, what is the software and what was the licence cost; and (ii) Is there a recurrent / subscription component to the software, if so, what is that cost; and (e) has any software made by Adobe (not covered in question d) been purchased: (i) If yes, what is the software and what was the licence cost; and (ii) Is there a recurrent / subscription component to the software, if so, what is that cost?

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Answered

27 June 2017

Responded by

Minister for Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science

Response time

7 days

Aqwest
(a) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(e) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
Busselton Water
(a) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(e) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
ChemCentre
(a) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Yes
(i) Adobe Creative Cloud Apps; no additional licence cost.
(ii) $87.99 per month, total spend since 17 March 2017 $263.97
(e) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
Department of Fisheries
(a) Yes
(i) Compact digital cameras, Panasonic Lumix FT6 Blue (x3), Total Cost $952
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Yes
(i) Sennheiser Dynamic Super Cardioid Vocal Microphone (x1) Total Cost $209
(d) Yes
(i) Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise (x5) Total Cost $4819.
(ii) $4819 per year.
(e) No
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
Department of Water
(a) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(e) Yes
(i) Adobe Acrobat Standard – two perpetual licences, $674.
(ii) No
Forest Products Commission
(a) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Yes
(i) Adobe Creative Cloud (x4) total cost $4300.
(ii) $4300 per year.
(e) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
(a) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(e) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
Office of Science
(a)-(e)(i-ii) Please refer to Legislative Assembly question on notice 582.
Water Corporation
(a) Yes
(i) Canon Ixus 190, $236.29
(b) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(c) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(d) Nil
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(e) Yes
(i) Adobe Acrobat Pro, 12 licences $407.97ea
Adobe Captivate V1, 1 licence $1484.30
(ii) No

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