Key points
- Media monitoring services can now be claimed as an office expense.
The cost of media monitoring services has been added to the list of resources that can be claimed as an office expense under your existing annual budget for office expenses.
As an office expense, any media monitoring services must comply with all of the obligations under the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017, including being for the dominant purpose of your parliamentary business and value for money.
Kind regards
Mathias Cormann
Minister for Finance
8 April 2020