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❓ A WA parliamentary Question on Notice requests expenditure data from government agencies for specific dates. The Attorney General declined to provide the data, citing unnecessary costs and staff time, referencing previous surveys on media monitoring expenditure.

AnsweredQoN 4080Legislative Council

Asked

23 August 2006

Member

Hon Donna Faragher

Portfolio

Attorney General

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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

27 September 2006

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary representing the Attorney General

Response time

35 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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