MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — PORTFOLIOS — RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND ARCHIVING

1361. Hon Alison Xamon to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Local Government:

I refer to records management and archiving, and I ask:

(a)  for each of the last five financial years finishing 2016–17, for each Government agency within the Minister’s portfolio, could the Minister please provide the cost of records archiving services including:

(i)  collection;

(ii)  storage;

(iii)  retrieval; and

(iv)  destruction;

(b)  for each of the last five financial years, finishing 2016–17, for each Government agency within the Minister’s portfolio, could the Minister please provide the cost of records management consultancy services provided by:

(i)  the State Records Office; and

(ii)  private consultants and/or consultancy businesses; and

(c)  for each Government agency reporting to the Minister, could the Minister please explain the process by which records held offsite by third-party private companies can be searched and accessed by:

(i)  members of the agency;

(ii)  members of other Government agencies;

(iii)  members of academia; and

(iv)  members of the public?

Hon Sue Ellery replied:

Former Department of Local Government and Communities

(a-b) From 26/11/2016 to 30/06/2017, the cost for collection, storage, retrieval and destructions has been $4,733.71 for Local Government [(including the Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI)].

Previous financial year’s costs are held within systems only accessible to Communities. As such, Communities costs will include Local Government and OMI’s costs for previous financial years.

Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 1342

Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

(c) Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 1359

Metropolitan Cemeteries Board

(a)      (i-iv)

2016-17 Nil

2015-16 Nil

2014-15 Nil

2013-14 Nil

2012-13 Nil

(b)

 

(i)

(ii)

2012–13

Nil

$6 600

2013–14

Nil

$18 700

2014–15

Nil Nil

2015–16

Nil

$11 429

2016–17

Nil Nil

(c)       (i) Access is restricted to authorised MCB staff only. Access is through the web portal via individual secure log on.

(ii) Members of other Government agencies cannot directly search or access MCB records held by the third party private company without approval.

(iii) Members of academia have no direct access to search, but can request access to records through the FOI process.

(iv) Members of the public have no direct access to search, but can request access to records through the FOI process.

 

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