The Department of Education does not charge you to; contact us, receive a call-back,or receive an SMS.
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However your chosen telecommunications service provider(s) may charge for usage when accessing our services. Please note the following:
- Calls from most fixed line telephones to 13 and 1300 numbers from anywhere in Australia are charged at a fixed rate. That rate may vary from the price of a local call and may also vary between service providers.
- Calls to 1800 numbers from most fixed line telephones are free.
- Calls from public and mobile telephones or from overseas, may be timed and charged at a higher rate. This may vary between service providers.
- Calls to 13, 1300 and 1800 numbers may not be available from Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. Please contact your service provider for more information. Alternatively try using a fixed line telephone.
- Calls to 13, 1300 and 1800 numbers may not be available from overseas. If you are in this situation please contact us using other methods.
- The Department of Education only sends standard SMS messages which are usually free to receive in Australia.