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Table 13: All employees: agency by location, 30 June 2021

Agency Location Total
ACT NSW VIC QLD SA WA Tas NT O'seas
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 3757 759 632 651 167 324 465 298 13 7066
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 134 . 4 5 . . . 18 . 161
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 61 120 . . . . . . . 181
- Bureau of Meteorology 99 115 983 188 65 88 73 40 . 1651
- GBRMPA 6 . . 238 . . . . . 244
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 206 18 32 9 30 1 . . . 296
Attorney-General's 1548 153 138 74 35 45 . 4 1 1998
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 18 262 183 74 33 37 9 . . 616
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 7 8 . 3 . . . . . 18
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 6 24 72 24 18 18 3 3 . 168
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 50 19 . . . . . . . 69
- Australian Financial Security Authority 79 73 80 97 95 7 10 . . 441
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 175 . . . . . . . 175
- Australian Law Reform Commission 1 12 . . . . . . . 13
- Comcare 369 37 154 24 9 12 8 11 . 624
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 126 11 27 33 29 5 . . . 231
- Fair Work Commission 6 49 188 21 11 16 3 3 . 297
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 55 463 305 233 100 76 28 6 . 1266
- National Archives of Australia 272 57 22 8 5 7 4 3 . 378
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 111 . . . . . . . . 111
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . 135 . . . . . . . 135
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 62 145 92 59 21 26 9 4 . 418
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 58 275 330 119 79 50 33 4 . 948
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 37 . . . . . . . . 37
- Safe Work Australia 96 . . . . . . . . 96
Defence 7183 2503 3269 1220 2017 467 61 202 127 17049
- Defence Housing Australia 203 104 24 109 60 16 . 19 . 535
Education, Skills and Employment 3180 162 97 107 121 52 28 20 . 3767
- Australian Research Council 142 . . . . . . . . 142
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 5 28 73 61 15 8 . 1 . 191
- TEQSA . . 95 . . . . . . 95
Finance 1576 55 40 33 15 19 5 3 . 1746
- Australian Electoral Commission 337 352 293 240 104 131 31 15 . 1503
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 201 . . . . . . 201
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 62 . . . . . . . . 62
Foreign Affairs and Trade 2770 70 81 44 28 27 20 9 866 3915
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 56 . . . . . . . . 56
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 306 200 101 80 31 20 4 1 42 785
Health 3948 308 189 141 60 45 52 9 . 4752
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 79 176 101 103 60 35 38 1 . 593
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . 89 . . . . . . . 89
- Australian Digital Health Agency 49 2 . 8 . . . . . 59
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 359 13 . . . . . . . 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 27 113 . . . . . . 140
- Cancer Australia 9 52 7 . . . . . . 68
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 99 2 2 1 1 . 2 . 2 109
- National Blood Authority 63 . . . . . . . . 63
- National Health and Medical Research Council 200 . 9 . . . . . . 209
- National Health Funding Body 23 . . . . . . . . 23
- National Mental Health Commission 11 24 . . . . . . . 35
- Organ and Tissue Authority 22 . . . . . . . . 22
- Professional Services Review 29 . . . . . . . . 29
- Sport Integrity Australia 210 51 26 33 12 21 6 . . 359
Home Affairs 5930 2331 2159 1263 621 1014 173 164 132 13787
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 431 123 77 68 30 29 2 2 . 762
- AUSTRAC 96 168 133 33 2 5 . . . 437
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 4105 307 355 100 82 86 26 15 4 5080
- Clean Energy Regulator 333 . . . . . . . . 333
- Climate Change Authority 10 . . . . . . . . 10
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 . 4 . . 124 . . . 129
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 1547 85 31 5 3 13 2 5 3 1694
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 156 132 150 5 . . 1 . . 444
- Australian National Maritime Museum . 115 . . . . . . . 115
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 80 1 9 15 3 6 . . . 114
- National Capital Authority 56 . . . . . . . . 56
- National Faster Rail Agency 9 . . 1 . . . . . 10
- National Film and Sound Archive 160 17 4 . . . . . . 181
- National Library of Australia 377 . . . . . . . . 377
- National Museum of Australia 249 . . . . . . . . 249
- National Portrait Gallery 62 . . . . . . . . 62
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 2 . . . . . . . . 2
- Screen Australia . 6 . . . . . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1088 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 . 1110
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 51 50 9 107 20 60 . 173 . 470
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 134 . . . . . . . . 134
- Australian National Audit Office 312 . . . . . . . . 312
- Australian Public Service Commission 238 15 4 2 1 2 . . . 262
- Digital Transformation Agency 271 22 . . . . . . . 293
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency 120 10 4 8 4 2 1 2 . 151
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 737 76 32 110 52 95 5 181 . 1288
- Office of National Intelligence 281 . . . . . . . . 281
- Old Parliament House 99 . . . . . . . . 99
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 1 . 1 151 . . . . . 153
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . 32 . . . . . . . 32
Social Services 1737 147 129 102 91 70 52 28 . 2356
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . 1 108 . . . . . . 109
- National Disability Insurance Agency 223 1038 1550 715 363 265 77 82 . 4313
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 13 162 40 39 31 26 13 5 . 329
- Services Australia 4780 8537 6296 7049 2827 2435 1692 440 . 34056
Treasury 1521 89 48 4 2 5 . . 9 1678
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1417 207 869 203 260 198 136 53 . 3343
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 336 202 451 114 85 31 18 8 . 1245
- Australian Taxation Office 2827 5755 5225 3640 1969 1080 683 . . 21179
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 28 . . . . . . . 28
- Productivity Commission 49 . 112 . . . . . . 161
Veterans' Affairs 577 260 237 408 132 92 54 12 . 1772
- Australian War Memorial 336 . . . . . . . . 336
Total 58837 27050 26002 18189 9800 7193 3828 1847 1199 153945

Source: APSED

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