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Table 43: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 31 December 2020

Table 43: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 31 December 2020
Agency Classification Total
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 . . 4 19 211 271 336 181 45 12 2 1081
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . . . 2 2 1 . 1 . 6
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . 1 2 1 6 5 1 . . 16
- Bureau of Meteorology . . 2 5 27 52 95 64 2 1 . 248
- GBRMPA . . 2 4 3 14 10 4 1 . . 38
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . 1 1 10 19 13 2 1 . 47
Attorney-General's . . 1 6 16 25 86 59 34 7 1 235
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 2 7 34 29 27 23 4 . . 126
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 2
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 2
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 5 14 22 31 19 8 3 . . 102
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 2 2 2 2 . . . 8
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Comcare . . 2 8 12 19 25 12 2 . . 80
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . 2 6 6 6 6 4 . . 30
- Fair Work Commission . . . 1 7 10 10 3 1 . . 32
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 4 29 21 12 6 3 3 . . 78
- National Archives of Australia . 1 4 5 10 10 8 5 2 . . 45
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . 1 2 5 5 . . . 13
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 1 1 5 4 23 25 5 1 . 65
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 1 6 18 40 36 18 5 1 . 125
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 1 3 2 1 1 1 9
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- Safe Work Australia . . . . 1 2 3 3 . 1 . 10
Defence . . 22 100 192 320 428 290 35 8 1 1396
- Defence Housing Australia . . . 4 15 12 12 6 2 1 . 52
Education, Skills and Employment . 2 . 14 57 105 139 136 44 8 2 507
- Australian Research Council . . . . 3 7 6 7 1 . . 24
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . 2 6 8 7 4 2 . . 29
- TEQSA . . . . . 2 3 . . . . 5
Finance . . 10 13 19 36 44 55 19 6 2 204
- Australian Electoral Commission . . 8 7 9 23 14 14 2 . . 77
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . 1 1 2 3 2 1 . . 10
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . . 2 9 34 70 110 89 15 6 335
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . 2 1 . . . . 3
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 8 9 38 30 19 3 3 110
Health . 1 4 15 117 176 280 190 57 13 5 858
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . 3 4 13 28 15 1 . . 64
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 2 3 2 . . 1 8
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . 1 1 2 3 1 1 . 9
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . . . 3 10 14 7 . . . 34
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . 5
- Cancer Australia . . . . 1 3 5 1 3 . . 13
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . 2 . 4 7 2 . . . 15
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 1 1 3 . . . 5
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 4 8 5 9 2 . . 28
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . 2 1 . . . 3
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 1 2 . . . 4
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 3 1 . . 4
- Professional Services Review . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 2
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . 1 . 5 2 . . . 8
Home Affairs . . 2 227 445 494 549 376 96 23 3 2215
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 1 1 10 22 23 21 3 3 1 85
- AUSTRAC . . . 2 4 11 29 11 1 . . 58
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . . 1 14 55 137 278 175 35 7 3 705
- Clean Energy Regulator . . 1 2 6 18 14 12 5 . . 58
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . 1 . 2 1 . . 4
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications . . 1 3 21 45 77 64 23 8 . 242
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . . . . 1 7 18 15 3 . . 44
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . 3
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 2 . 3 1 1 . 7
- National Capital Authority . . . 2 1 1 1 . . . . 5
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 1 2 8 6 5 1 1 . . 24
- National Library of Australia . . 2 4 3 5 3 2 1 . . 20
- National Museum of Australia . . 1 5 4 12 8 3 . . . 33
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 2
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . . . 12 31 61 62 20 6 1 193
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 29 5 1 2 2 1 3 . . . 43
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 4 3 9 11 3 1 . . 31
- Australian National Audit Office . . . . 2 8 10 4 2 . 1 27
- Australian Public Service Commission . . 1 . 3 6 6 5 2 . . 23
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . 3 8 5 5 . . 21
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . . 2 14 28 55 63 6 1 . 169
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . 2 2 13 12 2 1 2 34
- Old Parliament House . . . . 5 2 4 1 1 . . 13
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 1 . 2 6 5 3 . . . 17
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 2 2 . . . . . 4
Social Services . . . 1 30 89 98 87 32 4 2 343
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 1 . 2 5 2 . . 10
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 2 6 9 12 2 2 . 33
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 2 17 136 190 135 63 8 1 1 553
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . 1 5 8 7 6 . 1 . 28
- Services Australia . 3 9 84 1485 1390 817 364 58 13 2 4225
Treasury . . 2 3 17 22 35 44 15 4 1 143
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . . 1 6 144 229 159 61 4 1 . 605
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . 6 10 55 65 44 14 2 . 196
- Australian Taxation Office . 1 68 595 518 937 832 405 50 9 . 3415
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 2 1 . . . 3
- Productivity Commission . . . . 10 1 3 6 3 . . 23
Veterans' Affairs . . 4 9 44 137 80 33 8 3 1 319
- Australian War Memorial . . 1 6 6 8 9 3 2 . . 35
Total . 37 176 1269 3868 5259 5280 3319 804 171 42 20225

Source: APSED

Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.
 

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