Daily number of workplace absences between 22 June – 5 July 2026 for the Department of Education

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This FOI release is a two-table dataset showing the daily number of Department of Education workforce absences from 22 June to 5 July 2026, split into planned and unplanned leave. Planned leave covers annual, long service, maternity or parental leave and other approved leave such as study, jury duty, cultural leave and NAIDOC; unplanned leave covers sick or personal leave, carer's leave, workers' compensation, compassionate and special circumstances leave. Daily totals ranged from 284.5 (30 June) to 338.9 (26 June) in the first full working week, and from 301.0 to 337.0 in the following week, with planned leave consistently making up the larger share. Unplanned absences fell from around 100 a day early in the period to 61.6 by 3 July. The weekend and 27 June, 28 June, 4 July and 5 July are recorded as zero. The release contains no policy advice, caveats on data quality or stakeholder commentary.