Government Agencies (Campaign Advertising) Act 2009

The reviewer must prepare a report for the Legislative Assembly about government campaigns for the following periods (the report periods):

for a year in which a general election is held—

the 6-month period ending on 30 June in the year; and

the period beginning on 1 July in the year and ending at the start of the pre-election period; and

for any other year—the 6-month periods ending on 30 June and 31 December in the year.

The reviewer must report on the following:

each proposed government campaign (a proposed campaign) referred to the reviewer in the report period;

for each proposed campaign—

the campaign costs itemised by the kind of costs incurred and the ways used to disseminate information for the campaign; and

the result of the reviewer’s review and the reasons for the reviewer’s decision.

The reviewer must give the report to the Legislative Assembly not later than—

for a report mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (ii)—2 weeks before the election; and

for any other report—3 months after the end of the report period.