When a gift, benefit or hospitality is accepted, it is declared and recorded on the department’s 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 2023 – 2024

Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality

Date of receipt of offerDescription of
gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality
Value of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
25/08/2023OttomanBuilds goodwill.Prize won at the TSAA Conference and was donated by BFX.$439

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 2022 – 2023

Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality

Date of receipt of offerDescription of
gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality
Value of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
15/12/2022Gift voucher to Cataract on PetersonMaintain stakeholder relationship.Family of student$100
12/12/2022Wooden 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 2021The 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 offerDescription of
gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitalityValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
13/12/2021Gift 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 offerDescription of
gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitalityValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
08/07/2020Gift Voucher for school useBuilds goodwill, supports learnersHon. Elise Archer, Member of Parliament$100.00
04/11/2020Gift VoucherBuild goodwill (gift has been transferred from teacher to be utilised in College Maths Department)Maths Class Students$100.00
27/11/2020End of year
drinks/nibbles at
Frogmore Creek
goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and
enhances professional networks
Lease Plan Australia$60.00
27/11/2020End of year
drinks/nibbles at
Frogmore Creek
goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and
enhances professional networks
Lease Plan Australia$60.00
07/12/2020Small Hamper
(candle/tea/bath
salts/soap and
chocolate covered
peanuts)
goodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and
enhances professional networks
StudyNet (Education Agent)$50.00
17/12/2020Gift Cardgoodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and
enhances professional networks
Students$100.00
17/12/2020Gift Vouchergoodwill, maintains stakeholder relationship, encourages and enhances professional networksClass parents$160.00
27/12/2020Bottle of Moet Chandon champagneBuilds goodwill and maintains stakeholder relationship, refusal would cause offenseStudy 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 offerDescription of gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitalityValue 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 toValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
Nil

Financial Year 2018 – 2019

Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality

Date of receipt of offerDescription of
gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitalityValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
13/11/2018University Council DinnerBuilds goodwill maintains
stakeholder
relationship, refusal
would cause offense.
Rufus Black –
University of Tasmania
$100
18/02/2019Flowers and Movie TicketOffered 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 providedPerson/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided toValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
Nil

Financial Year 2017 – 2018

Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality

Date of receipt of offerDescription of gift, benefit
and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitalityValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
11/08/2017Purse and handkerchiefsBuilds goodwillVanessa Jarvic, Chairperson, Illawarra
Primary School Association
$60
11/09/2017Thai scarf
3 x Thai culinary
cook books
Cultural exchange
(refusal would
cause offense)
Suan Duisit
Rajabhat University
$50
12/09/2017Travel,
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
12/09/2017Travel,
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
08/12/20171 x signed bookGift (refusal would
cause offense)
Garry Willmott, author$30
21/12/20171 x book voucherGift (builds
goodwill)
Georgia Grant, student$30
13/04/2018Ticket 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 providedPerson/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided toValue of gift,
benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
Nil

Financial Year 2016 – 2017

Receipt of gifts, benefits and hospitality

Date of receipt of offerDescription of gift, benefit and/or
hospitality
offered
Reason for acceptancePerson/organisation offering gift, benefit and/or hospitalityValue of gift, benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
07/04/2017Boxed pen, Caran d’Ache (made in Switzerland)Refusal would cause offenceCanton 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 providedPerson/organisation gift, benefit and/or hospitality was provided toValue of gift, benefit and/or
hospitality ($)
Nil

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