Queensland Government staff must not receive gifts that could affect their ability to be impartial at work. All staff must report any gifts they receive.

If a gift is valued at $150 or more, we publish them in this register. We publish reports every 3 months.

October to December 2023

Date: 21/11/2023
Amount: $750 in the form of Handmade Quilts for Family Use
Donated by: Gwenda Doherty from Gwenda's Gaggle
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Quilts were donated to Ellen Baron Family Centre for use by families admitted to the service. These will be laundered via the Group Linen Service.

Date: 13/12/2023
Amount: $320 in the form of Chocolates, biscuits, cooler esky
Donated by: Darren Lambourne - South Bank Corporation
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Gifts for the ongoing service agreement for car parking.

Date: 6/11/2023
Amount: $359
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland Community.

Date: 3/10/2023
Amount: $362
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland Community.

Date: 11/09/2023
Amount: $800 in the form of Attendance to the Scientific Organising Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Annual Conference
Donated by: Scientific Organising Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED)
Recipient: Retained by Employee
Purpose: CHQ Staff was invited on behalf of the Scientific Organising Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED), to present on 'Nutrition Education in the Hybrid Closed Loop Era- Will this Change our Practice?' at their Annual Scientific Meeting held in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Attendance will allow the sharing of practice on a broader stage, and learn from other colleagues in innovative, evidence-based practice for improved outcomes for individuals and families living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).

Date: 31/08/2023
Amount: $200 in the form of Parking Fees and Meal Arrangement by APLS Australia
Donated by: Mr Phillip Davies, CEO of Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Australia
Recipient: Retained by Employee
Purpose: APLS arranges reimbursement for CHQ staff member's parking to instruct an Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) course. APLS is a non-for-profit volunteer organisation providing advanced paediatric life support training courses to doctors/nurses/paramedics across Australia.

Date: 22/06/2023
Amount: $21,879 in the form of x2 Pegaso Plus - Cough Assist and IPV / Percussion
Donated by: Patient's Family
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: The family have fundraised for the purchase of x2 Pegaso-Plus Machines due to increase in recent admissions, where there was a high demand for the single Pegaso owned by the Physiology Department.

January to March 2023

Date: 20/03/2023
Amount: $600.00 in the form of 15 x $40 Woolworths WISH Card gift vouchers
Donated by: Alana English - Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program
Recipient: consumers in focus group
Purpose: renumeration for time and expertise given to a one-off 2.5hr online focus group.

Date: 03/03/2023
Amount: $11,448.00 (4 x $2,862.00)
Donated by: Scott Stromat, MD -CMO, Ultragenyx
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares, accommodation and meals for mandatory investigator meeting.

Date: 10/02/2023
Amount: $179
Donated by: Children's Hospital Foundation
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Nutribullet donated for use by doctors in their common room.

Date: 19/01/2023
Amount: $1,100.00
Donated by: Alex Sharpe - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares, transport, accommodation and meals to attend “Zolgensma in Practice” a Neuromuscular Nurse Forum.

Date: 10/01/2023
Amount: $19,460.00 (2 x $9,730.00)
Donated by: Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: accommodation and travel costs for investigator meeting.

Date: 9/01/2023
Amount: $600.00
Donated by: University of Wollongong (AROC)
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: attendance at the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre Master trainer Planning Day.

Date: 3/01/2023
Amount: $396.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation

October to December 2022

Date: 29/12/2022
Amount: $160.00
Donated by: Tennis Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: tennis tickets to thank healthcare professionals for all they do in caring for the community. Offer made to all Queensland Health employees.

Date: 23/12/2022
Amount: $160.00
Donated by: Tennis Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: tennis tickets to thank healthcare professionals for all they do in caring for the community. Offer made to all Queensland Health employees.

Date: 2/12/2022
Amount: $1300.00
Donated by: BioMarin
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights, accommodation and meals to develop a clinical practice document for use of Vasoritide in Achondroplasia.

Date: 8/11/2022
Amount: $2000.00
Donated by: ADAPT - George Karkour
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: registration and accommodation to attend ADAPT CFO Edge Conference.

Date: 15/11/2022
Amount: $298.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation

Date: 4/11/2022
Amount: $1304.00
Donated by: Daniel Russo, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights, accommodation, meals and transport to learn about Zolgensma a gene therapy treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Date: 28-29/10/2022
Amount: $800.00
Donated by: Jane Estrada - Takeda Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights and accommodation to attend Intestinal Failure National Experts meeting.

Date: 29/10/2022
Amount: $700.00
Donated by: Jane Estrada - Takeda Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights and accommodation to attend a national meeting about the care and management of patients with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)/Intestinal Failure (IF).

Date: 22/10/2022
Amount: $900.00
Donated by: BioMarin
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares and accommodation to attend seminar to support the development of research within achondroplasia.

Date: 11/10/2022
Amount: $431.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation

Date: 15/09/2022
Amount: $876.00
Donated by: Professor Ravi Savarirayan
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares and accommodation to attend “Making a Move” on Function and Participation.

July to September 2022

Date: 1/09/2022
Amount: $813.00
Donated by: Dr Andrea Johannessen (AHCDO)
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares, accommodation, meals and reimbursement of transfer costs to attend the Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry DMG.

Date: 24/08/2022
Amount: $248.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation

Date: 11/08/2022
Amount: $500.00
Donated by: Louise Moir - Commonwealth Bank Beaudesert
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: to assist the Yarrabilba Family and Community Place in providing new resources.

Date: 04/08/2022
Amount: $175.00 in the form of 7 x $25 gift cards
Donated by: Queensland Children's Hospital
Recipient: 7 young people
Purpose: renumeration to the young people for sharing their lived experience with grief and loss for use in the Good Grief This Hurts program.

Date: 20/07/2022
Amount: $411.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation

April to June 2022

Date: 06/06/2022
Amount: $428.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation

Date: 27/05/2022
Amount: $600.00
Donated by: Ms Robyn Strong - Australian & New Zealand Childrens Haematology/Oncology Group
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights and accommodation to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting.

Date: 25/05/2022
Amount: $29,624.00
Donated by: Tom Drakopoulos - Queensland Hellenic Charitable Trust
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: to benefit children and young people being treated for mental health diagnoses.

Date: 16/05/2022
Amount: $160,000.00
Donated by: Ross Walker
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: given to the Division of Surgery and Perioperative Services for the Ross Walker Scholarship ($120,000) and salary offset for a part time Research Manager ($40,000).

Date: 12/05/2022
Amount: $1,774.00
Donated by: Donna Green - Northern Territory PHN
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares an accommodation to be a guest speaker at the Northern Territory Primary Health Network Compass Conference.

Date: 29/04/2022
Amount: $471.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash donation

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Last updated: January 2024