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Table 74: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 2020-21

Agency Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 2 . 1 16 89 44 63 52 29 12 5 . 313
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . . . 3 1 1 5 . . . . 10
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . . . 1 2 3 1 1 . . 8
- Bureau of Meteorology . . . 1 11 1 14 27 19 23 . 1 . 97
- GBRMPA . . . 2 . 1 2 9 4 3 1 . . 22
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . . . . 1 3 7 2 . . . 13
Attorney-General's . 1 . . 1 17 18 35 22 11 3 1 . 109
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . 1 . . 1 13 4 7 3 2 . . . 31
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 2
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . 3
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . . 5 2 5 7 8 1 . . . 28
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . 2 . 1 3 1 . . . 7
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 2
- Comcare . 1 . . 4 14 10 16 12 5 . . . 62
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . . 2 7 6 5 4 2 . . 26
- Fair Work Commission . . . . . 5 7 5 1 3 . . . 21
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . . 2 12 7 18 10 13 4 1 1 . 68
- National Archives of Australia . . 1 . . 5 3 5 8 1 . . . 23
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . . 1 . 1 2 2 . . 6
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . . 1 7 5 . 1 . . 14
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . . . 1 9 1 23 13 4 . 1 . 52
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . . 10 8 11 8 2 . 1 . . 40
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . 3
- Safe Work Australia . 1 . . . 1 3 3 2 1 . . . 11
Defence 18 3 10 78 120 178 254 490 281 162 2 3 . 1599
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 10 15 18 19 17 14 . . . 93
Education, Skills and Employment 1 . . . 11 23 32 53 66 40 7 . 1 234
- Australian Research Council . . . . . . . 3 1 2 . 1 . 7
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . . 1 . 10 4 4 1 . . 20
- TEQSA . . . . . . 1 6 3 . . . . 10
Finance . 1 . 1 3 4 16 20 18 12 2 1 1 79
- Australian Electoral Commission . . . 21 11 10 16 23 10 6 . . . 97
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 1 . 1 3 3 2 1 . 1 . 12
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 2 . . 1 4 28 27 52 27 21 3 2 167
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . 2 1 2 . . . . 5
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . . 3 3 3 14 11 4 2 . 40
Health . 1 1 2 2 13 18 63 56 27 8 5 . 196
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 2 . . 39 8 1 1 . . 51
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . . 1 . 3 . . 1 . 5
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 . . 4
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 1 . . . 4 4 3 8 3 1 . . 24
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . 1 . . . 3 1 . . . 5
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 1 5 1 . 1 . . 8
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . . . 2 1 2 . . . 5
- National Blood Authority . . . . . . . 1 2 4 1 . . 8
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . . . 2 4 1 . . . 7
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . . . 2 . 1 . . . 3
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . . 2 . 1 . . 3
- Professional Services Review . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . . . . 2 1 1 . . . 4
Home Affairs 12 3 1 3 104 99 146 173 86 47 13 6 1 694
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . . . 1 15 8 15 27 11 2 1 . 80
- AUSTRAC . . . . . 3 8 6 7 3 1 . . 28
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . . . 3 6 23 27 101 75 46 10 . 2 293
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . . 1 . 6 5 4 . 1 . . 17
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 2
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications . 1 . 1 . 8 10 35 31 13 5 3 1 108
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . 2 . . . 3 5 9 13 5 1 . . 38
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . . 6 2 2 4 3 . . . 17
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . . 2 2 1 . . . 5
- National Capital Authority . . . . . . 1 . 3 . . . . 4
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . . 2 2 1 3 1 1 . . . 10
- National Library of Australia . . . 8 2 6 8 12 3 2 . . . 41
- National Museum of Australia . . . 12 1 6 1 7 4 2 . . . 33
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 2
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 1 . . . 2 12 20 16 7 4 2 2 66
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 4 2 8 1 2 3 . . . . . 20
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . . 1 1 2 3 2 2 . . . 11
- Australian National Audit Office . . . . . 5 3 8 5 8 3 . . 32
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . . 1 3 3 3 6 2 1 1 . 20
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 1 2 4 . 12 5 . 1 . 25
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . . . 2 8 9 20 22 7 3 . . 71
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . . . 1 3 8 4 1 . . 17
- Old Parliament House . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . . 4
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . . . 1 . 1 3 1 . . . 6
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 2
Social Services . 1 . . 2 17 29 30 36 12 4 1 . 132
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . . . 2 2 2 . . . 6
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . . 1 42 78 76 20 15 2 2 1 237
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . . 7 7 7 2 5 . . . 28
- Services Australia 35 5 5 13 286 631 147 244 129 47 15 7 . 1564
Treasury . 6 . 3 1 7 11 24 18 12 4 5 1 92
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 4 . . 3 14 22 20 15 4 5 1 . 88
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . . . 4 13 16 16 12 6 1 1 69
- Australian Taxation Office 3 20 . 55 160 132 70 125 109 56 16 2 . 748
- Productivity Commission . . . . . . 5 4 1 2 . . . 12
Veterans' Affairs . . 2 3 9 11 29 31 29 13 3 . 1 131
- Australian War Memorial . . . 1 1 4 3 4 2 . . . . 15
Total 69 57 24 213 816 1500 1226 2036 1468 772 176 59 14 8430

Source: APSED

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