Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy

The CSV Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy outlines CSV's expectations for the appropriate management of offers of, and the provision of, gifts, benefits and hospitality.

The policy applies to all CSV executive officers, staff, contractors and consultants where offers of gifts, benefits and hospitality are made by/to external parties such as service providers, contractors, consultants or court users.

CSV's Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy is published below.

CSV Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy [PDF - 250 KB)

Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register

The CSV register records all offers of gifts, benefits or hospitality valued at $50 or more, whether accepted or declined. It is intended to maintain high levels of integrity and public trust and support employees and CSV to avoid any actual, potential or perceived impropriety and conflicts of interest.

Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register 2023-24

Date offered	Offered to	Offered by	Summary description	Estimated value	Decision
10/07/2023	County Koori Court Manager, County Court of Victoria	Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions	Gift box hamper	$105	Declined
20/07/2023	Director, Judicial Education, Judicial College of Victoria	Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership (business associate)	Invitation to attend pilot Executive Ethics program	N/A	Declined
21/09/2023	Network and Infrastructure Lead, Court Services Victoria	Forta Network (business associate)	One day "Expo Only" pass to the Australian Cyber Conference Melbourne	$149	Declined
06/10/2023	Director, Judicial Information Services, Judicial College of Victoria	Judicial Officers	Gift voucher for purchase of art work	$500	Accepted Declining the gift would have caused offence. The artwork purchased will become College property and will be displayed in its offices. This will help enhance the cultural safety of the workspace and will also be seen by people attending future programs on site.
06/10/2023	Office Manager, Judicial College of Victoria	Judicial Officers	Gift voucher for purchase of art work	$500	Accepted Declining the gift would have caused offence. The artwork purchased will become College property and will be displayed in its offices. This will help enhance the cultural safety of the workspace and will also be seen by people attending future programs on site.
10/10/2023	Manager, Legal and Governance, Court Services Victoria	Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC)	Attendance at OVIC's 40 years of FOI commemoration event	$50	Accepted An educative panel discussion at the event includes discussion on privacy and freedom of information (FOI). The Legal and Governance team is responsible for both privacy and FOI within CSV. Any discussion on relevant matters that arises or updates in these areas will be beneficial to updating knowledge and will assist when providing advice.
10/10/2023	Lawyer, Court Services Victoria	Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC)	Attendance at OVIC's 40 years of FOI commemoration event	$50	Accepted An educative panel at the event includes discussion on privacy and freedom of information (FOI). The Legal and Governance team is responsible for both privacy and FOI within CSV. Any discussion on relevant matters that arises or updates in these areas will be beneficial to updating knowledge and will assist when providing advice.
28/12/2023	Chief People Officer, Court Services Victoria	Agile Mental Health (business associate)	Christmas gift hamper	$120	Declined
09/02/2024	Trainee Court Registrar, Magistrates' Court of Victoria	Damian McNally	1 box of 5kg cherries	$100	Declined

 

The CSV Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy and the CSV Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Register are published in accordance with the minimum accountabilities applying to all public sector organisations.

For further information, click here to visit the Victorian Public Sector Commission's website.