Appendix 2 - Machinery of Government Changes
Table A1: Movements between APS agencies, 2025-26
| Date | Agency employees moved from | Agency employees moved to | Number of ongoing staff | Number of non-ongoing staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/07/2025 | Attorney-General's | Treasury | 7 | . |
| 3/07/2025 | Health, Disability and Ageing | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | 68 | . |
| 3/07/2025 | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | Treasury | 14 | . |
| 3/07/2025 | Industry, Science and Resources | Treasury | 51 | 2 |
| 17/07/2025 | Attorney-General's | Home Affairs | 145 | 6 |
| 31/07/2025 | Social Services | Treasury | 74 | . |
| 31/07/2025 | Social Services | Health, Disability and Ageing | 399 | 15 |
| 5/08/2025 | Attorney-General's | Home Affairs | 4 | . |
| 14/08/2025 | Social Services | Health, Disability and Ageing | 78 | . |
| 1/11/2025 | Defence | Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator | 56 | 3 |
| 1/01/2026 | Health, Disability and Ageing | Australian Centre for Disease Control | 211 | . |
| 18/06/2026 | Australian Public Service Commission | Digital Transformation Agency | 7 | . |
Table A2: Machinery of Government engagements from non-APS agencies, 2025-26
| Date | Agency | Ongoing staff | Non-ongoing staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nil | |||
Table A3: Total Machinery of Government movements into and out of the APS, 2006-07 to 2025-26
| Year | Additions | Reductions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total | Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total | |
| 2006-07 | 492 | 56 | 548 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007-08 | 151 | 399 | 550 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008-09 | 359 | 65 | 424 | 464 | 464 | |
| 2009-10 | 21 | 21 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 214 | 41 | 255 | |||
| 2011-12 | 212 | 32 | 244 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2012-13 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 222 | 2 | 224 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2014-15 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| 2015-16 | 727 | 50 | 777 | 299 | 87 | 386 |
| 2016-17 | 109 | 109 | ||||
| 2017-18 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2018-19 | 220 | 220 | 1,807 | 24 | 1,831 | |
| 2019-20 | 13 | 13 | 1,685 | 288 | 1,973 | |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 37 | 220 | |||
| 2021-22 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2022-23 | ||||||
| 2023-24 | ||||||
| 2024-25 | 187 | 7 | 194 | |||
| 2025-26 | ||||||
Table A4: Changes to agency names and portfolios, 2025-26
| Date | Change | Entity Name | Portfolio | Change Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/07/2025 | Amend | Services Australia | Finance | Entity moved from the Social Services portfolio to the Finance portfolio |
| 1/10/2025 | Add | Defence and Veterans' Services Commission | Defence | A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established on 29 September 2025 by the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025. |
| 3/11/2025 | Add | Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator | Defence | A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established on 1 November 2025 by the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024. |
| 5/01/2026 | Add | Australian Centre for Disease Control | Health, Disability and Ageing | A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established on 1 January 2026 by the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. |
| 2/06/2026 | Amend | Defence and Veterans' Service Commission | Defence | The Defence and Veterans' Services Commission has been renamed the Defence and Veterans' Service Commission |