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Dear Jordan

I refer to your request, received by the Department of Education
(department) on 17 August 2025, for access under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the following:

I request all computer desktop wallpapers used by the Department of
Education from 2001 to 2025, including current wallpapers, historical
image files, and any related documentation.

Your request was received by the department on 17 August 2025 and the 30
day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day
after that date. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to
consult third parties or for other reasons permitted under the FOI Act. We
will advise you if this happens.

Clarification of scope

The department has interpreted your request seeking access to ‘desktop
wallpapers’ to mean ‘desktop lock screens’ used by the department.
Additionally, in relation to your request for ‘any related documents’, we
have interpreted this to mean any documentation containing instructions to
facilitate the publication of the desktop lock screens. If we have
misinterpreted your request, please let us know by COB on Monday, 25
August 2025.  If we do not hear otherwise from you by that date, we will
proceed on the basis that we have correctly interpreted your request.

We have been advised by the Communication Branch that, based on
preliminary searches, your request is likely to capture a significant
volume of material since it covers a 24-year period. I have been advised
that the department’s desktop lock screens are changed frequently, and on
average, the department uses one or two different desktop lock screens per
week. Furthermore, I have been advised that a number of historic records
may be located offsite on disc storage, making them difficult and time
intensive to retrieve, and many records may have been archived or
destroyed in accordance with the department’s obligations under the
Archives Act 1983 (Cth).

Without pre-empting a decision on your request, it is likely that
processing your request would amount to a substantial and unreasonable
diversion of the department’s resources for the purposes of the FOI Act.

The department has undergone several Machinery of Government changes
during the 24-year period captured by your request.  The department in its
current form was established on 1 July 2022.  I have been advised that the
department would be able to retrieve the desktop lock screens used from 1
July 2022 to the date of your request.

Noting the above, can you please advise by COB on Monday, 25 August 2025
whether you agree to reduce the date range of your request to 1 July 2022
to 17 August 2025 (being the date the department was established in its
current form until the date of your FOI request).  If you do not respond
within this timeframe, we will assume you do not agree to reduce the date
range of your request.  Without pre-empting a decision or next steps on
your request, this will likely mean that the department will commence a
formal request consultation process with you under section 24AB of the FOI
Act.

Charges

The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your
request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable.

Disclosure log

Information released under the FOI Act may be published on a disclosure
log on our website, subject to certain exceptions. These exceptions
include where publication of personal, business, professional or
commercial information would be unreasonable.

Exclusion of employee details

To the extent the department has documents in its possession that fall
within the scope of your request, we will treat the names, signatures,
position titles, staff identification numbers and direct contact details
of Commonwealth employees as irrelevant in accordance with section 22 of
the FOI Act, unless you tell us otherwise by COB on Monday, 25 August
2025.

Further assistance

If you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

Department of Education

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You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

Notice:
The information contained in this email message and any attached files may
be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments. 

References

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2. https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos
3. https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co...

Dear Jordan,

Thank you for confirming the scope of your request.

We have been advised that the department uses desktop lock screens and
default computer wallpapers.

As such, we will continue to interpret your request to be for the
following:

‘all desktop lock screens used by the Department of Education from 1 July
2022 to 17 August 2025 (excluding default computer wallpapers), including
current lock screens, historical image files and any documentation
containing instructions to facilitate the publication of the desktop lock
screens’

Thank you for also confirming that you are comfortable with excluding
employee details from the scope of your request.

We will continue to process your request on this basis.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

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