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Table 52: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2019-20 and 2020-21

Agency Classification Total
Trainee & Graduate APS EL SES
2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 73 2 177 305 28 51 3 5 281 363
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 2 7 7 5 2 . . 14 11
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 14 10 6 4 . . 20 14
- Bureau of Meteorology 15 23 49 48 29 32 5 1 98 104
- GBRMPA . . 11 30 4 4 . 1 15 35
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 6 . 6 14 5 9 2 1 19 24
Attorney-General's 61 62 109 103 31 23 2 1 203 189
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 40 16 6 6 . . 46 22
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . 2 2 . 1 . . 2 3
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 21 17 3 1 . . 24 18
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . 1 9 2 6 . 2 3 17
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 29 12 5 1 . . 34 13
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . 5 7 4 1 . . 9 8
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . 4 2 2 2 . . 6 4
- Comcare 4 4 41 38 10 14 . . 55 56
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 1 1 20 27 5 2 . . 26 30
- Fair Work Commission . . 24 24 1 1 . . 25 25
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 41 27 14 33 2 2 57 62
- National Archives of Australia . . 25 28 2 6 1 . 28 34
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . 12 9 1 1 . . 13 10
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . 23 24 9 3 . . 32 27
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 42 42 5 3 1 . 48 45
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 3 . 82 83 5 5 . . 90 88
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . 1 2 3 2 . 1 4 5
- Safe Work Australia 1 6 3 4 4 2 . . 8 12
Defence 308 252 1101 883 164 203 4 5 1577 1343
- Defence Housing Australia . . 31 41 5 10 2 . 38 51
Education, Skills and Employment 38 85 62 194 12 43 . 2 112 324
- Australian Research Council . . 5 5 2 1 . . 7 6
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 14 5 3 6 . 2 17 13
- TEQSA . . 13 12 4 5 . . 17 17
Finance 32 33 71 100 7 9 1 . 111 142
- Australian Electoral Commission 3 6 31 83 9 13 . . 43 102
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 48 20 3 7 . . 51 27
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 2 5 1 . . . 3 5
Foreign Affairs and Trade 46 40 52 55 41 40 3 4 142 139
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . 3 1 . . . . 3 1
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . 32 9 18 17 . 1 50 27
Health 37 2 158 283 37 64 . 4 232 353
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . 40 95 2 11 . . 42 106
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . 2 1 6 4 . . 8 5
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . 3 . 8 . 1 . 12 .
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 13 6 5 10 4 5 . . 22 21
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 4 6 5 4 . . 9 10
- Cancer Australia . . 7 4 2 1 . 1 9 6
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . 1 3 5 2 . . 6 5
- National Blood Authority . . 3 7 1 2 . 1 4 10
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . 7 14 4 7 . . 11 21
- National Health Funding Body . . 1 3 2 1 . . 3 4
- National Mental Health Commission . . . 1 4 . . 1 4 2
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . 2 . . . 2
- Professional Services Review . . 3 3 3 . . . 6 3
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . 9 . 3 . . . 12
Home Affairs 224 207 522 549 56 41 1 6 803 803
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 5 1 56 42 28 27 1 1 90 71
- AUSTRAC . . 38 45 6 9 1 2 45 56
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 43 34 297 275 55 69 . 9 395 387
- Clean Energy Regulator 9 4 32 19 1 6 . . 42 29
- Climate Change Authority . . . 2 . . . . . 2
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . 1 . . . . . 1
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 19 44 53 112 14 35 2 1 88 192
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 7 7 15 17 12 16 2 . 36 40
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . 3 2 3 4 . . 6 6
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . 7 4 2 1 . . 9 5
- National Capital Authority . . 3 1 3 . . . 6 1
- National Faster Rail Agency . . 1 . 2 . . . 3 .
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 6 12 2 1 . . 8 13
- National Library of Australia 1 1 2 42 5 13 . . 8 56
- National Museum of Australia . . 19 7 6 1 1 . 26 8
- National Portrait Gallery . . 7 2 3 1 . . 10 3
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
Prime Minister and Cabinet 32 18 78 78 18 20 2 3 130 119
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 7 141 . 3 . . 7 144
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2 . 13 6 1 6 . . 16 12
- Australian National Audit Office 19 16 11 13 3 3 . . 33 32
- Australian Public Service Commission 6 8 27 13 8 11 1 . 42 32
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 13 28 9 23 2 . 24 51
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . 2 . . . 2
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 17 56 49 19 23 3 1 78 90
- Office of National Intelligence . . 11 14 12 10 2 2 25 26
- Old Parliament House . . 1 2 1 . . . 2 2
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 7 . 5 1 . . 12 1
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 3 2 . . . . 3 2
Social Services 82 75 117 140 31 20 . 1 230 236
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . 3 1 . . . . 3 1
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 556 476 105 32 1 12 662 523
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . 28 86 15 25 1 2 44 113
- Services Australia 86 337 495 817 15 57 3 5 599 1216
Treasury 33 52 76 86 29 28 4 1 142 167
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 75 41 55 82 3 8 1 . 134 131
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 53 22 66 34 26 14 3 4 148 74
- Australian Taxation Office 338 438 729 813 59 181 11 1 1137 1433
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . 3 . . . . . 3
- Productivity Commission 7 5 2 2 1 1 . . 10 8
Veterans' Affairs 14 9 145 45 27 14 3 2 189 70
- Australian War Memorial . . 21 15 5 1 . . 26 16
Agriculture 1 . 219 . 20 . . . 240 .
Human Services (NC) 158 . 273 . 22 . 1 . 454 .
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) . . 11 . 2 . . . 13 .
Communications (NC) 14 . 16 . 6 . . . 36 .
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 25 . 59 . 4 . . . 88 .
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) . . 5 1 4 3 . . 9 4
Total 1896 1863 6653 6821 1189 1385 73 88 9811 10157

* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2021. Appendixes 2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

Source: APSED

* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2020. Appendixes 2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

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