We must report all gifts or benefits over $100 accepted by our Secretary.
Reporting ensures our Secretary meets public expectations of integrity, accountability, independence, transparency and professionalism.
Access to data
We update this list each quarter or within 28 days of the Secretary receiving a gift or benefit.
We keep this information on our website for 12 months. We also publish the register on data.gov.au.
Our department was established on 1 February 2020. Before this, we were the:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Environment and Energy (Environment portfolio)
You can view the declarations relating to the former departments and their agency heads below.
Statement by Secretaries
Agriculture, Water and the Environment
In the course of my duties as agency head of Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, I received these gifts or benefits whose value exceeds the stipulated threshold of $AUD100.00 (excluding GST).
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver’s name, organisation or country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | Andrew Metcalfe AO | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
Statement by Deputy Secretaries
In the course of my duties as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, I received these gifts or benefits whose value exceeds a threshold of $AUD100.00 (excluding GST).
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver’s name, organisation or country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | Andrew Tongue | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | Cindy Briscoe | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. university information pamphlets. |
$100 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | David Hazlehurst | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | Dean Knudson | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | James Larsen | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | Lyn O’Connell | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner and gift bag | Matt Cahill | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. Gift bag contained a bottle of wine, chocolate bullets, jar of caramelised onion jam and university information pamphlets. | $140 |
| 20 July 2020 | 25 July 2020 | Dinner | Rosemary Deininger | Charles Sturt University | A dinner attended by the Executive Leadership Team in Wagga Wagga as part of the department’s regional engagement program. | $100 |
Statement by previous Secretaries
Agriculture
In the course of my duties as agency head of Department of Agriculture, I received these gifts or benefits whose value exceeds the stipulated threshold of $AUD100.00 (excluding GST).
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver’s name, organisation or country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/12/2019 | 19/12/2019 | Chairmans Lounge membership | Daryl Quinlivan | Qantas | Chairmans Lounge membership | not known |
Environment
In the course of my duties as agency head of the Department of the Environment and Energy, I received these gifts or benefits whose value exceeds the stipulated threshold of $AUD100.00 (excluding GST).
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item, benefit or service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver’s name, organisation or country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
Finn Pratt |
- | - | Nil |
| - | - | - |
Rob Heferen |
- | - | Nil |
| - | - | - |
David Fredericks |
- | - | Nil |