Hon Donna Faragher's QoN 4084 requests financial data related to government enterprises for multiple years. The answer declines to provide the data due to cost and staff time, referencing past investigations instead.

AnsweredQoN 4084Legislative Council
Asked
23 August 2006
Portfolio
Government Enterprises

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(b) 30th June 2002; (c) 30th June 2003; (d) 30th June 2004; (e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(c) 30th June 2003; (d) 30th June 2004; (e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(d) 30th June 2004; (e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(e) 30th June 2005; and (f) 30th June 2006?
(f) 30th June 2006?

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Answered
19 September 2006
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Government Enterprises
Response time
27 days
(1a-f) Surveying all agencies across Government to respond to these questions would involve unnecessary costs and staff time. However, two investigations have been carried out (in 1989 and 2002) of monitoring expenditure, the last survey indicating that 23 departments spent an average of $14,000 each per year on external media monitoring.

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