A list of gifts received by federal Treasury staff show you don't go into public service to be lavished with exciting presents and riches.
Complimentary conference tickets are the most valuable items giftedThe most expensive item was $4,091, for two tickets to an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. Two textbooks from law firm Herbert Smith Freehills — both valued at over $300 each — were "unexpectedly delivered to the office".Two boxes of macaroon biscuits, worth $45 and $75, are noted in documents obtained using the Freedom of Information process.
Transparency International Australia CEO Serena Lillywhite says gifts create potential and actual conflicts of interest. But the Treasury gift register for the past two financial years, revealed in FOI documents from inside the government department, do sound a warning for Ms Lillywhite, the chief executive of anti-corruption body Transparency International Australia.
“When gifts are accepted by politicians it raises legitimate questions about actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest and undue influence from powerful and well-connected individuals".Small gifts taken seriously
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