Gifts and benefits register
In accordance with best practice guidance received by the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC), all Commonwealth agency heads are required to publicly disclose accepted gifts and benefits valued at over $100 (ex GST) on their departmental or agency website on a quarterly basis.
The register below lists all gifts and benefits valued at more than $100 (ex GST) that have been received by AUSTRAC personnel for the past two years.
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit service | Received by | Presented by | Occasion | Action taken | Estimated value in $AUD (ex GST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | Lunch, Kaya Butter, Business Card Holder | Intelligence Operations | Suspicions Transaction Reports Team, Singaporean Police | Work lunch and meeting with colleagues from STRO when in Singapore. | Meal eaten, Kaya Butter destroyed by Customs, Business Card Holder retained. | $100.00 |
| 4 May 2022 | 5 May 2022 | Lunch, Plaque, Shawl | Intelligence Operations | Cambodian Financial Intelligence Unit | Team meeting between Cambodian FIU and AUSTRAC staff in Sydney. | Meal was eaten, other items were retained and displayed in the AUSTRAC. office | $140.00 |
| 21 Jun 2022 | 22 Jun 2022 | $500 Apple Gift Card | Intelligence Operations | Identitii | Won in a raffle at a conference. | Donated to the Social Club to be raffled off. | $500.00 |
| 30 June 2022 | 26 July 2022 | AFR Government Services Conference ticket | Regulation, Education and Policy | Deloitte | Ticket was provided by AUSTRAC supplier. | Ticket was used at the CEO’s request. | $315 |
| 19 May 2022 | 5 Aug 2022 | Ticket to ICA Event | Intelligence Operations | International Compliance Association | AUSTRAC was provided with a complimentary ticket to an ICA event that AUSTRAC was receiving an award at. | Ticket was used to attend the event and receive the award. | $870 |
| 8 Sept 2022 | 14 Sept 2022 | Dinner following conference | Information Security Advisory | Forgerock | Provided as thanks for presenting at Forgerock Identity conference. | Meal was eaten. | $200 |
| 8 Sept 2022 | 14 Sept 2022 | Bottle of wine | Information Security Advisory | Forgerock | Provided as thanks for presenting at Forgerock Identity conference. | Donated to the AUSTRAC Sydney Social club to be raffled off. | $100 |
| 18 Oct 2022 | 21 Oct 2023 | 12 Month membership to Executive Communications professional development and leadership course | Strategic Assessments | Future Women | Won as a lucky door prize at an Office of National Intelligence event. | Course undertaken. | $3,300 |
| 16 Nov 2022 | 16 Nov 2022 | $100 Dan Murphy’s voucher | Intelligence Partnerships | Society of Organisational Behaviour Australia | Thank you gift for presenting at a SOBA Conference. | Donated to the Social Club to be raffled off. | $100 |
| 15 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | Hotel Accommodation | Intelligence | Bahrain Financial Intelligence Unit | Accommodation provided to Egmont Committee members attending an Intercessional meeting. | Accommodation utilised. | $250 |
| 15 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | Dinner | Intelligence Operations | Anti-Money Laundering Office of Thailand | Dinner provided to AUSTRAC officers, other APS officers, and Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office officers. | Meal Eaten | $650 |
| 24 Oct 2023 | 26 Oct 2023 | Free registration to the ANU Public Law Conference, return flights and one night of accommodation | Capability and Strategy | Australian National University (ANU) | The flights, accommodation and registration are provided to all speakers at the ANU Public Law Conference. AUSTRAC had a speaker at the event. | Flights used and accommodation used, conference attended. | $1,250 |
| 28 Nov 2023 | 02 Nov 2023 | Dinner | Regulatory Supervision | International Monetary Fund | Dinner provided for attendees of the IMF’s Virtual Assets Roundtable on behalf of AUSTRAC. | Eaten | $100 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | 21 Nov 2023 | Dinner | Intelligence Operations | Taiwan AMLD | The Taiwan AMLD provided a dinner for those presenting at the Global Asset Recovery Conference in Taipei. | Meal eaten | $150 |
| 22 Nov 2023 | 23 Nov 2023 | 2 First Nation Aboriginal art books | Regulation and Reform | King and Wook Mallesons | Gifts were given to a staff member when they were a guest speaker at the Financial Crimes Roundtable. | Displayed in the Sydney office. | $130 |
| 12 Dec 2023 | 12 Dec 2023 | Gift Hamper | Property and Security | Colliers (Brisbane base building) | Gift received | Contents raffled off via the Brisbane Social Club. | $130 |