Gifts and Benefits Register
Last updated: 9 Feb 2026
In the course of official duties, officials of the Digital Transformation Agency received the following gifts and/or benefits where the value exceeds $A100 (excluding GST).
| Gifts and benefits register - Quarter 1 (July 2025 - September 2025) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date provided | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service |
Received by* | Presented by* | Occasion | Estimated value in $* |
| 01/07/2025 | 07/07/2025 | Roundtable lunch | Lucy Poole | Australian Information Industry Association | Invitation to roundtable lunch with AIIA | $150 |
| 21/08/2025 | 04/11/2025 | Strategic dinner | Chris Fechner | Aroura Marketing | Invitation to Strategic dinner on Advancements in Artificial Intelligence and Government Procurement | $120 |
| 08/09/2025 | 04/11/2025 | Snow jacket, goggles & beanie | APS Official (non-SES) | Snowflake, USA | Prize won in door competition | $551 |
| Gifts and benefits register - Quarter 2 (October 2025 - December 2025) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date provided | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service |
Received by* | Presented by* | Occasion | Estimated value in $* |
| 05/11/2025 | 17/11/2025 | Scarf | APS Official (non-SES) | Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea | Thank you gift following end of delegation hosting | $104 |
| 12/11/2025 | 17/11/2025 | Lego | APS Official (non-SES) | Chalfont Consulting | Prize won at competition at conference stall | $300 |
| 16/11/2025 - 20/11/2025 | 05/12/2025 | Planned meals as part of delegation program | Chris Fechner | AIIA, IBM, Service Now, EY/Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud, Workday, Docusign, Cloudflare | AIIA Delegation 2025 to United States | $1,240 |
| 16/11/2025 - 20/11/2025 | 05/12/2025 | Planned meals as part of delegation program | Vanessa Douglas-Savage | AIIA, IBM, Service Now, EY/Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud, Workday, Docusign, Cloudflare | AIIA Delegation 2025 to United States | $1,240 |
| 29/10/2025 | 15/01/2026 | Class upgrade on domestic flight for airline operational reasons | Chris Fechner | Qantas | Airline upgraded seat class due to oversold flight | Not applicable |
| Gifts and benefits register - Quarter 1 (January 2026 - March 2026) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date provided | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service |
Received by* | Presented by* | Occasion | Estimated value in $* |
| Gifts and benefits register - Quarter 1 (April 2026 - June 2026) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date provided | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service |
Received by* | Presented by* | Occasion | Estimated value in $* |
* Received by: agency contact if not received directly by agency head
* Presented by: giver’s name, organisation / country
* Estimated value in $: wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia.