(1)   Does the Minister and/or Parliamentary Secretary have a departmentally maintained website or websites; if so, can a list of these websites be provided.

(2)   Can a list be provided of all redevelopments (including re-skins) of these websites since 24 November 2007, including: (a) the total cost for each redevelopment; (b) who undertook each redevelopment; and (c) whether the website, or draft versions thereof, were market-tested before going live; if so, by whom and what was the total cost of the market testing.

(3)   Does the department: (a) post all of the Minister’s and/or Parliamentary Secretary’s press releases, speeches and transcripts on these websites; and (b) have any guidelines for the posting of political material on these websites.

(4)   Has the department ever refused to post material on these websites due to their political nature; if so, on how many occasions.

(1)   Yes. The Treasury maintain a ministerial website for the Assistant Treasurer, Senator the Hon Nick Sherry at assistant.treasurer.gov.au.

(2)   The website was developed when Senator Sherry was sworn in as Assistant Treasurer in June 2009. No redevelopments or re-skins have occurred to the site since then. (a) Nil (b) N/A (c) The website was not market tested.

(3) (a)   Yes

(b)   Yes. The Internet/Intranet Services team maintains guidelines for ministerial staff requesting internet content changes. These guidelines refer to the Australian Government Information Management Office’s guidelines for ministerial and departmental websites.

(4)   No.