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

Table 52: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2019 and 2020 *
Agency Classification Total
Trainee & Graduate APS EL SES
2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 28 70 130 190 30 29 1 4 189 293
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 2 7 6 2 4 . . 11 12
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 36 15 15 7 . . 51 22
- Bureau of Meteorology 7 15 48 53 37 30 1 5 93 103
- GBRMPA . . 18 16 5 2 . 1 23 19
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 6 5 1 13 6 8 . 3 13 29
Attorney-General's 40 61 110 96 23 26 4 . 177 183
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 3 . 52 24 7 3 . . 62 27
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . 2 . 1 1 . . 3 1
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . 2 5 1 2 . . 3 7
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 17 17 2 2 . . 19 19
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 33 15 5 3 . . 38 18
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . 6 3 11 2 . . 17 5
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . 3 4 1 2 . . 4 6
- Comcare 4 4 25 51 6 12 . . 35 67
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 1 1 32 9 3 5 . . 36 15
- Fair Work Commission . . 32 21 . 2 . . 32 23
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 43 25 29 26 3 2 75 53
- National Archives of Australia . . 24 24 . 7 . 1 24 32
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . 24 14 11 3 . . 35 17
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 51 55 2 6 1 . 54 61
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 75 74 6 3 . . 81 77
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . 1 5 2 1 . 6 3
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . 5 10 . 2 . . 5 12
- Safe Work Australia 6 2 3 6 3 2 . . 12 10
Defence 224 293 990 1101 131 197 6 5 1351 1596
- Defence Housing Australia . . 42 17 6 4 2 . 50 21
Education, Skills and Employment 42 37 91 124 12 32 2 1 147 194
- Australian Research Council . . 11 6 . 2 . . 11 8
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 18 11 5 1 . 2 23 14
- TEQSA . . 15 10 4 4 . . 19 14
Finance 31 32 66 89 7 7 2 . 106 128
- Australian Electoral Commission 2 3 37 53 8 8 . . 47 64
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 26 43 7 5 . . 33 48
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 2 3 1 1 . . 3 4
Foreign Affairs and Trade 45 45 32 50 27 36 . 5 104 136
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . 4 1 . . . . 4 1
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . 32 10 20 15 2 . 54 25
Health 29 37 151 184 47 42 3 . 230 263
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . 41 48 4 5 . . 45 53
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . 2 1 8 3 . . 10 4
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . 3 1 5 6 1 . 9 7
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 9 5 11 10 5 4 . . 25 19
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 6 5 5 5 . . 11 10
- Cancer Australia . . 14 2 1 3 . . 15 5
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . 2 3 4 3 . . 6 6
- National Blood Authority . . 2 6 1 . . . 3 6
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . 20 2 5 3 . . 25 5
- National Health Funding Body . . 1 . 1 1 . . 2 1
- National Mental Health Commission . . . 1 2 3 . . 2 4
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . 1 . 1 . . . 2 .
- Professional Services Review . . 1 2 1 3 . . 2 5
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . 3 . . . . . 3
Home Affairs 169 208 406 699 45 61 3 . 623 968
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 6 5 54 39 29 20 2 . 91 64
- AUSTRAC 1 . 43 26 8 6 1 2 53 34
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 33 42 305 196 72 40 . 4 410 282
- Clean Energy Regulator 6 5 29 32 3 3 . . 38 40
- Climate Change Authority . . 1 1 1 . . . 2 1
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 21 19 53 71 14 27 2 1 90 118
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 6 7 22 16 12 15 2 1 42 39
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . 6 1 4 1 . . 10 2
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . 4 5 1 2 . . 5 7
- National Capital Authority . . 4 2 7 . . . 11 2
- National Faster Rail Agency . . 1 . 1 1 . . 2 1
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 9 9 1 2 . . 10 11
- National Library of Australia 1 1 9 22 3 12 . . 13 35
- National Museum of Australia . . 21 13 6 . . 1 27 14
- National Portrait Gallery . . 7 1 . 4 . . 7 5
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . 1 . . . . . 1
Prime Minister and Cabinet 26 33 75 76 28 16 3 5 132 130
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 5 17 1 . 1 . 7 17
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . 12 12 . 3 . . 12 15
- Australian National Audit Office 33 13 11 17 4 4 . . 48 34
- Australian Public Service Commission 7 4 24 13 5 6 . 1 36 24
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . 1 . . . 1
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . 14 58 11 19 2 1 27 78
- Office of National Intelligence . . 16 13 16 10 2 2 34 25
- Old Parliament House . . 4 1 . 1 . . 4 2
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 4 2 4 4 . . 8 6
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 8 2 1 . . . 9 2
Social Services 55 73 185 84 35 17 1 1 276 175
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . 3 . 1 . . . 4 .
- Digital Transformation Agency 3 . 15 21 7 19 . 2 25 42
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 721 319 98 41 . 11 819 371
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . 74 20 36 16 1 3 111 39
- Services Australia . 86 . 653 . 38 . 8 . 785
Treasury 36 33 56 64 19 30 3 1 114 128
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 48 75 137 32 8 2 1 . 194 109
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 52 53 87 41 38 19 1 2 178 115
- Australian Taxation Office 195 336 115 897 30 85 9 5 349 1323
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . 5 2 5 . . 2 10
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . 3 . . . . . 3
- Productivity Commission 13 7 3 3 2 1 . . 18 11
Veterans' Affairs 12 14 148 78 21 18 1 3 182 113
- Australian War Memorial . . 19 20 1 4 . . 20 24
Agriculture 39 1 304 27 29 3 . . 372 31
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) 21 . 56 . 38 . . . 115 .
Human Services (NC) 115 158 379 51 32 2 6 . 532 211
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) . . 15 . 3 . . . 18 .
Communications (NC) 13 14 28 2 8 2 1 . 50 18
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 21 25 107 13 13 . . . 141 38
Total 1411 1824 5999 6211 1228 1144 71 83 8709 9262

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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