FOI/2025/024
Document 13
From:
SES Unit
To:
SES Unit
Subject:
FW: For action - Chairman"s Lounge reporting requirement into PM&C Gifts/Benefits Register
[SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive, ACCESS=Personal-Privacy]
Date:
Friday, 2 August 2024 3:23:54 PM
OFFICIAL: Sensitive
Personal privacy
Good afternoon
In line with the PM&C Gifts and Benefits Policy (
Sections 15: Exclusive Invitation Airline
Lounge Membership), all SES who hold exclusive membership/s are to report the benefit
by July each year.
From 1 July 2024, all SES are required to declare this benefit in FMCS.
An excerpt from the PM&C Gifts and Benefits policy being:
15. EXCLUSIVE INVITATION AIRLINE LOUNGE MEMBERSHIP
Airlines often will invite senior Public Servants membership to their exclusive lounges. There is no cost to the
department however there is a benefit to the individual. The nature of these memberships is that they are
ongoing, i.e. they are not renewed each year. In addition to this officers often retain their membership when
they change roles/departments.
New Membership. If an officer is offered such a membership it is required to be recorded and approved in the
Financial Management Compliance System (FMCS) and will be subsequently reported on the PM&C website in
the departments Gifts and Benefits Register. Ongoing Membership Annual update. As these memberships are
ongoing, on an annual basis officers will be required to report the exclusive invitation airline lounge
memberships they hold. The Gifts and Benefits Register on the PM&C website will be updated to reflect
memberships are current on 1 July each year or when circumstances change. On commencement staff who hold
such a membership will be required to provide the appropriate details to be included on the website.
For action: To meet PM&C’s compliance obligations, it would be appreciated if you could
complete the Gifts and Benefits application through
FMCS as a matter of priority and by no
later than COB 9 August 2024.
The external Gifts and Benefits Register on the PM&C website will be updated by the
Financial Governance team. For further information please contact
s 22(1)(a)(ii) @pmc.gov.au or s 22(1)(a)(ii)@pmc.gov.au
Regards,
SES Unit | People Branch
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
