Editing Gratuity (section)

===Oceania===

====Australia====

Tipping is not expected or required in Australia. The minimum wage in Australia is reviewed yearly, and as of 2023 it was set at A$23.23 per hour (A$29.03 for casual employees)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/minimum-wages |title=National minimum wage&nbsp;– Pay&nbsp;– Fair Work Ombudsman |publisher=Fairwork.gov.au |access-date=2023-04-02 |archive-date=2023-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325221924/https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/minimum-wages |url-status=dead }}</ref> and this is fairly standard across all types of venues. Tipping at cafés and restaurants (especially for a large party), and tipping of taxi drivers and home food deliverers is again, not required or expected. However many people tend to round up the amount owed while indicating that they are happy to let the worker "keep the change". Smaller cafes and similar places could have tip jars which people might put a bit of small change into but again, it certainly isn't a requirement.

There is no tradition of tipping somebody who is just providing a service (e.g. a hotel porter). [[Casino]]s in Australia—and some other places—generally prohibit tipping of gaming staff, as it is considered [[bribery]]. For example, in the state of [[Tasmania]], the Gaming Control Act 1993 states in section 56 (4): "It is a condition of every special employee's licence that the special employee must not solicit or accept any gratuity, consideration or other benefit from a patron in a gaming area".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/tocview/index.w3p;doc_id=94%2B%2B1993%2BAT%40EN%2B20070406010000 |title=Tasmanian Gaming Control Act 1993 |publisher=Thelaw.tas.gov.au |access-date=2012-02-06}}</ref> There is concern that tipping might become more common in Australia.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2013/11/19/is-australia-at-a-tipping-point-literally.html CNBC: "Is Australia at a tipping point, literally?" By Katie Holliday] 19 Nov 2013</ref>

====New Zealand====
Tipping is not a traditional practice in New Zealand, though has become more common in recent years, especially in finer establishments. Tipping in New Zealand is likely the result of tourists visiting from tipping cultures (such as the United States) who may follow their own tipping customs. It is still extremely rare among locals, especially among the working and middle-class. The minimum wage in New Zealand is reviewed yearly, and as of April 2024 was set at NZ$23.15 per hour for employees 18 and over.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Current minimum wage rates|url=https://www.employment.govt.nz/hours-and-wages/pay/minimum-wage/minimum-wage-rates/|access-date=2024-09-12|website=Employment New Zealand|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

Where tipping does occur among New Zealanders it is usually to reward a level of service that is far in excess of the customer's expectations, or as an unsolicited reward for a voluntary act of service. A number of websites published by the New Zealand government advise tourists that "tipping in New Zealand is not obligatory&nbsp;– even in restaurants and bars. However, tipping for good service or kindness is at the discretion of the visitor".<ref name="NZ Immigration">{{cite web |url=http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/study/imacceptedtellmemore/informationforyourfirstfewdays/tippingandservicecharges.htm |title=Tipping and service charges |website=Immigration new Zealand |date=2006-04-10 |access-date=2012-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116171437/http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/study/imacceptedtellmemore/informationforyourfirstfewdays/tippingandservicecharges.htm |archive-date=2013-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Sunday Star-Times reader poll in 2011 indicated 90% of their readers did not want tipping for good service to become the norm in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/latest-edition/7036404/A-tip-on-how-to-get-top-service |title=A tip on how to get good service|date=2 June 2012|publisher=stuff.co.nz|access-date=2012-06-09}}</ref>