When a gift, benefit or hospitality is accepted, it is declared and recorded on the department’s Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register.
- Officers and employees should not expect to receive gifts, benefits or hospitality, ‘thanks’ is enough.
- View the latest Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register.
Giving us gifts can be a risk to our high standards of ethics and integrity.
So that’s why we say ‘thanks is enough’.
Instead of a gift, we’d prefer that you send us a simple card, a letter or an email. We’d appreciate it!
Departmental officers and employees should not expect to receive:
- gifts;
- benefits; or
- hospitality;
for doing a job they are paid for by the public to do. In most instances, ‘thanks’ is enough.
The Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy (PDF, 688KB) sets out the broad principles to be applied by and to all departmental officers and employees in relation to the offer, acceptance or refusal of a gift, benefit or hospitality. If a gift, benefit or hospitality is accepted, it must be declared and recorded on the department’s Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register.
Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register by Financial Years
Financial Year 2022 – 2023
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/12/2022 | Wooden box to hold book. To be presented and kept by Hillcrest Primary School | To be presented to Hillcrest Primary School on the anniversary of tragedy in 2021 | The Wood Guys | $150 |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Financial Year 2021 – 2022
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/12/2021 | Gift box from L’Occitane | Builds goodwill and maintains stakeholder relationship, refusal would cause offense | The Aussizz Group | $125 |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Financial Year 2020 – 2021
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/07/2020 | Gift Voucher for school use | Builds goodwill, supports learners | Hon. Elise Archer, Member of Parliament | $100.00 |
| 04/11/2020 | Gift Voucher | Build goodwill (gift has been transferred from teacher to be utilised in College Maths Department) | Maths Class Students | $100.00 |
| 27/11/2020 | End of year drinks/nibbles at Frogmore Creek | goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and enhances professional networks | Lease Plan Australia | $60.00 |
| 27/11/2020 | End of year drinks/nibbles at Frogmore Creek | goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and enhances professional networks | Lease Plan Australia | $60.00 |
| 07/12/2020 | Small Hamper (candle/tea/bath salts/soap and chocolate covered peanuts) | goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and enhances professional networks | StudyNet (Education Agent) | $50.00 |
| 17/12/2020 | Gift Card | goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and enhances professional networks | Students | $100.00 |
| 17/12/2020 | Gift Voucher | goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and enhances professional networks | Class parents | $160.00 |
| 27/12/2020 | Bottle of Moet Chandon champagne | Builds goodwill and maintains stakeholder relationship, refusal would cause offense | Study Square (Education Agent) | $59.95 |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Financial Year 2019 – 2020
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Financial Year 2018 – 2019
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/11/2018 | University Council Dinner | Builds goodwill maintains stakeholder relationship, refusal would cause offense. | Rufus Black – University of Tasmania | $100 |
| 18/02/2019 | Flowers and Movie Ticket | Offered as token of apology as employee had an allergic reaction to catering | 4Lunch | $100 |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Financial Year 2017 – 2018
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/08/2017 | Purse and handkerchiefs | Builds goodwill | Vanessa Jarvic, Chairperson, Illawarra Primary School Association | $60 |
| 11/09/2017 | Thai scarf 3 x Thai culinary cook books | Cultural exchange (refusal would cause offense) | Suan Duisit Rajabhat University | $50 |
| 12/09/2017 | Travel, accommodation and conference costs (DoE employee was a plenary panel session member at the conference) | Encourages and enhances professional networks | Professor Cate Taylor, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course | $1682.91 |
| 12/09/2017 | Travel, accommodation and conference costs (DoE employee was a plenary panel session member at the conference) | Encourages and enhances professional networks | Professor Cate Taylor, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course | $1682.91 |
| 08/12/2017 | 1 x signed book | Gift (refusal would cause offense) | Garry Willmott, author | $30 |
| 21/12/2017 | 1 x book voucher | Gift (builds goodwill) | Georgia Grant, student | $30 |
| 13/04/2018 | Ticket to attend A Tasmanian Requiem at the Theatre Royal | Enhanced professional relationships, and reflects the partnership between community users and the States collections. | A Tasmanian Requiem | $90 |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Financial Year 2016 – 2017
Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality
| Date of receipt of offer | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason for acceptance | Person/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitality | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/2017 | Boxed pen, Caran d’Ache (made in Switzerland) | Refusal would cause offence | Canton de Vaude, Minister for Education, Swiss Government | $245 AUD |
Provision of gifts, benefits and hospitality by agency
| Date gift, benefit and/or hospitality provided | Description of gift, benefit and/or hospitality offered | Reason gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided | Person/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided to | Value of gift, benefit and/or hospitality ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil |
Page last updated: 25/05/2023