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Table 42: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 31 December 2019 to 31 December 2020 *

Table 42: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 31 December 2019 to 31 December 2020
Agency Ongoing employees Ongoing employees % retained % not retained
AUSTRAC 367 323 88 12
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 103 85 82.5 17.5
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 507 470 92.7 7.3
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 433 383 88.5 11.5
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 1652 1452 87.9 12.1
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 11 6 54.5 45.5
Attorney-General's 1653 1441 87.2 12.8
Australian Building and Construction Commission 130 116 89.2 10.8
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2265 2146 94.7 5.3
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 38 36 94.7 5.3
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 41 31 75.6 24.4
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 74 70 94.6 5.4
Australian Communications & Media Authority 423 377 89.1 10.9
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1117 1042 93.3 6.7
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 740 637 86.1 13.9
Australian Digital Health Agency 55 46 83.6 16.4
Australian Electoral Commission 702 582 82.9 17.1
Australian Financial Security Authority 455 405 89 11
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 143 117 81.8 18.2
Australian Human Rights Commission 93 87 93.5 6.5
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 112 98 87.5 12.5
Australian Institute of Family Studies 35 31 88.6 11.4
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 380 335 88.2 11.8
Australian Law Reform Commission 6 5 83.3 16.7
Australian National Audit Office 325 262 80.6 19.4
Australian National Maritime Museum 89 78 87.6 12.4
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 151 137 90.7 9.3
Australian Public Service Commission 210 147 70 30
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 126 121 96 4
Australian Research Council 135 124 91.9 8.1
Australian Skills Quality Authority 185 167 90.3 9.7
Australian Taxation Office 16525 15802 95.6 4.4
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 541 490 90.6 9.4
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 91 81 89 11
Australian War Memorial 265 239 90.2 9.8
Bureau of Meteorology 1380 1252 90.7 9.3
Cancer Australia 63 54 85.7 14.3
Clean Energy Regulator 307 261 85 15
Climate Change Authority 8 5 62.5 37.5
Comcare 536 461 86 14
Commonwealth Ombudsman 211 175 82.9 17.1
Defence 16643 15092 90.7 9.3
Defence Housing Australia 575 458 79.7 20.3
Digital Transformation Agency 219 186 84.9 15.1
Education, Skills and Employment 1282 1125 87.8 12.2
Fair Work Commission 236 217 91.9 8.1
Federal Court Statutory Agency 784 717 91.5 8.5
Finance 1324 1136 85.8 14.2
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 94 80 85.1 14.9
Foreign Affairs and Trade 3666 3395 92.6 7.4
Future Fund Management Agency 159 151 95 5
GBRMPA 208 182 87.5 12.5
Health 3968 3638 91.7 8.3
Home Affairs 13151 12179 92.6 7.4
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 47 37 78.7 21.3
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 4057 3673 90.5 9.5
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 13 10 76.9 23.1
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 948 789 83.2 16.8
Murray Darling Basin Authority 262 226 86.3 13.7
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 214 190 88.8 11.2
National Archives of Australia 300 274 91.3 8.7
National Blood Authority 52 42 80.8 19.2
National Capital Authority 54 51 94.4 5.6
National Disability Insurance Agency 2940 2711 92.2 7.8
National Faster Rail Agency 3 3 100 0
National Film and Sound Archive 138 121 87.7 12.3
National Health Funding Body 19 12 63.2 36.8
National Health and Medical Research Council 197 174 88.3 11.7
National Indigenous Australians Agency 1117 971 86.9 13.1
National Library of Australia 341 302 88.6 11.4
National Mental Health Commission 22 15 68.2 31.8
National Museum of Australia 221 177 80.1 19.9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 97 94 96.9 3.1
National Portrait Gallery 40 35 87.5 12.5
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 1 1 100 0
Office of National Intelligence 240 209 87.1 12.9
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 98 89 90.8 9.2
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 92 79 85.9 14.1
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 400 354 88.5 11.5
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 793 744 93.8 6.2
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 32 25 78.1 21.9
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 31 24 77.4 22.6
Old Parliament House 55 48 87.3 12.7
Organ and Tissue Authority 19 14 73.7 26.3
Prime Minister and Cabinet 881 690 78.3 21.7
Productivity Commission 151 132 87.4 12.6
Professional Services Review 24 18 75 25
Safe Work Australia 95 66 69.5 30.5
Screen Australia 7 6 85.7 14.3
Services Australia 27404 25563 93.3 6.7
Social Services 2208 1882 85.2 14.8
TEQSA 82 65 79.3 20.7
Torres Strait Regional Authority 59 47 79.7 20.3
Treasury 1196 1062 88.8 11.2
Veterans' Affairs 1630 1464 89.8 10.2
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 25 23 92 8

Source: APSED

* Employees affected by machinery-of-government (MoG) changes during 2020 are not included in this table.

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