❓ Hon Martin Aldridge requested a breakdown of $8,300 spent by the Office of Information Commissioner on market research. The Attorney General responded that the expenditure was for a community attitudes study on access to government information, coordinated by the NSW Information and Privacy Commissioner.
AnsweredQoN 3190Legislative Council
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I refer to the Political Finance Annual Report from the Western
Australian Electoral Commission, and I ask the Attorney General to please provide a breakdown of spend by The Office of Information Commissioner of Western Australia including the person or organisation who received funding, the purpose of the funding and the amount of funding relating to $8,300 on market research organisations?
Australian Electoral Commission, and I ask the Attorney General to please provide a breakdown of spend by The Office of Information Commissioner of Western Australia including the person or organisation who received funding, the purpose of the funding and the amount of funding relating to $8,300 on market research organisations?
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Answered
14 October 2020
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
Response time
8 days
The $8,300 in expenditure related to a community attitudes study to understand community attitudes to access to government information. The study was coordinated by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of New South Wales and included other select members of the Australian Information Access Commissioners.
Details of the study were reported in the OIC's 2018/19 Annual Report (on page 31) and 2019/20 Annual Report (see page 42, including links to study outcomes).
The study was funded by existing appropriations.
Details of the study were reported in the OIC's 2018/19 Annual Report (on page 31) and 2019/20 Annual Report (see page 42, including links to study outcomes).
The study was funded by existing appropriations.
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