The parliamentary question seeks information on the number, salaries, and job titles of employees engaged in media, communications, marketing, or speechwriting across all departments, agencies, government trading enterprises, or boards within the Premier's portfolio. The answer states that the information cannot be accurately provided due to a lack of standard definitions and job title nomenclature.

AnsweredQoN 4662Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 February 2019
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations

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For all departments, agencies, government trading enterprises or boards within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities I ask as at 1 January 2019: (a) What is the total number of employees engaged in media, communications, marketing or speechwriting, including: (i) Public; (ii) Corporate; and (iii) Media relations; (b) What is the salary of each of these employees; and (c) What is the job title for each of these employees?

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Answered
12 March 2019
Response time
6 days
(a)-(c)
There is no standard definition of the titles referred to in the question, nor standard job title nomenclature that enables accurate or reliable provision of the information sought. Additionally, there are many public sector positions that have, or might be interpreted as having, a small component of the activities referred to. For example, there are many positions within the public sector where staff would occasionally be required to prepare speeches.

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