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Tuesday, 2 February 2010
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Senator Abetz asked the Minister representing the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy, upon notice, on 16 September 2009:

(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.


Senator Carr (Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) —The Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(1)   The address for the website of Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy is http://minister.innovation.gov.au/emerson.

(2)   The timeline for developments to the Minister’s site is as follows:

December 2007

The site was launched.

January 2008

Email update functionality added to site.

August 2008

The following enhancements added to site:

- redesigned homepage;

- improved search;

- separate sub sites within the site; and

- ability to browse by month for content items such as media releases.

(3)  

(a)   The department publishes all of the Minister’s media releases. The publishing of Minister’s speeches and transcripts is at the discretion of the Minister.

(b)   The department maintains its websites and content under the guidelines issued by the Australian Government Information Management Office. In addition, the Department has media release style guidelines for internal use.

(4)   No