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Table 72: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2019 and 2020

Table 72: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2019 and 2020
Agency Resignation Retrenchment Age retirement Physical or mental incapacity Deceased Compulsory move to non-APS agency Termination of appointment Total
2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 81 123 13 30 28 84 . 9 2 6 . . 2 3 126 255
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 13 8 1 . . 6 . . . . . . 1 1 15 15
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 3 6 41 1 2 2 . . . . . . 2 . 48 9
- Bureau of Meteorology 47 39 40 47 34 24 1 . . 1 . . 1 4 123 115
- GBRMPA 10 13 1 9 5 2 . . . . . . . . 16 24
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 13 1 7 7 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . 21 12
Attorney-General's 82 68 1 2 21 16 1 4 2 2 . . 1 3 108 95
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 15 13 3 4 8 5 . . 1 . . . 1 . 28 22
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 2
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 11 3 3 . 5 2 . . . . . . . . 19 5
- Australian Financial Security Authority 19 15 12 5 5 9 . . . 1 . . . . 36 30
- Australian Human Rights Commission 17 4 1 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 19 6
- Australian Law Reform Commission 1 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
- Comcare 37 17 14 13 13 10 . . . . . . 3 4 67 44
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 13 11 5 5 3 2 . . 1 . . . . . 22 18
- Fair Work Commission 17 12 4 3 3 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 25 17
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 42 23 31 8 29 21 1 2 2 1 . . . . 105 55
- National Archives of Australia 12 8 26 1 8 8 . . . 1 . . . 1 46 19
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 13 6 . 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 17 7
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 34 36 1 1 3 5 . . . . . . 1 . 39 42
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 59 27 7 1 5 8 . . . . . . 1 . 72 36
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 2 2
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 4 3 . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . 8 4
- Safe Work Australia 4 6 1 1 2 2 . . . . . . . . 7 9
Defence 672 600 211 285 468 400 43 29 10 15 . . 18 30 1422 1359
- Defence Housing Australia 46 39 18 45 6 4 1 . . . . . 3 . 74 88
Education, Skills and Employment 57 69 29 54 18 39 2 5 1 1 . . 3 2 110 170
- Australian Research Council 3 6 . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . 4 8
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 13 8 1 . 4 4 . . . . . . 1 1 19 13
- TEQSA 9 8 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 9 10
Finance 52 51 30 8 16 15 . . . 1 . . 1 2 99 77
- Australian Electoral Commission 47 34 1 8 36 38 . 1 1 2 . . 5 3 90 86
- Future Fund Management Agency 17 9 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 18 10
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .
Foreign Affairs and Trade 82 66 28 41 29 48 4 9 2 1 . . 1 . 146 165
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 21 24 7 2 13 7 . . 1 1 . . . 1 42 35
Health 132 98 98 26 55 46 12 4 1 3 . . 2 1 300 178
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 29 15 . 3 18 26 . 2 . . . . . . 47 46
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 3 3 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 5 3
- Australian Digital Health Agency 1 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 20 17 . 1 4 10 1 . . . . . . . 25 28
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 4 2 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . . . . 6 4
- Cancer Australia 9 6 . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 10 9
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 2 3 . 1 5 4 . . . . . . . . 7 8
- National Blood Authority 4 1 1 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . 5 5
- National Health and Medical Research Council 5 6 1 1 4 2 . . 1 . . . . . 11 9
- National Health Funding Body . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
- National Mental Health Commission 1 2 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . 3 4
- Organ and Tissue Authority 2 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 3 1
- Professional Services Review 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
- Sport Integrity Australia . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2
Home Affairs 455 322 33 46 249 219 12 22 8 15 . . 12 7 769 631
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 72 55 51 7 10 10 . 1 1 . . . . 1 134 74
- AUSTRAC 20 20 6 5 . 4 . . . . . . . . 26 29
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 144 118 68 59 42 45 2 6 2 2 . . . 4 258 234
- Clean Energy Regulator 19 7 5 3 5 5 1 1 . . . . 1 . 31 16
- Climate Change Authority 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 1 . . 5 2 . . . . . . 1 . 7 3
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 38 40 13 20 9 20 . 1 . 2 . . 2 1 62 84
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 18 24 2 2 5 8 . . . . . . 1 1 26 35
- Australian National Maritime Museum 3 3 . 1 1 7 . . . . . . 1 . 5 11
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 9 2 1 4 1 1 . . . . . . . . 11 7
- National Capital Authority 5 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 6 2
- National Faster Rail Agency . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- National Film and Sound Archive 5 5 12 . 5 2 . . . . . . . . 22 7
- National Library of Australia 11 15 2 4 12 9 . 1 . . . . . . 25 29
- National Museum of Australia 4 11 1 17 3 4 1 . . . . . . . 9 32
- National Portrait Gallery 3 1 4 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 7 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
Prime Minister and Cabinet 82 38 23 6 20 4 3 1 3 . . . 1 1 132 50
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 10 7 6 1 14 5 . . 1 . . . 1 4 32 17
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 9 6 1 . . 2 . . . . . . 1 . 11 8
- Australian National Audit Office 16 30 1 2 8 7 . . . . . . . . 25 39
- Australian Public Service Commission 7 11 2 6 5 6 1 1 . . . . . . 15 24
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 23 42 7 6 9 15 1 4 . 2 . . . 1 40 70
- Office of National Intelligence 4 6 2 3 2 3 . 1 . . . . . . 8 13
- Old Parliament House . 3 2 . 3 1 . . . . . . . . 5 4
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 2 5 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 3 6
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 5 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2
Social Services 91 72 48 19 40 31 2 3 3 1 . . 2 3 186 129
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 1 2 . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . 3 4
- Digital Transformation Agency 20 16 1 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . 25 22
- National Disability Insurance Agency 155 131 2 6 44 37 . 5 2 1 . . 5 4 208 184
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 16 16 . 1 . 3 . . . . . . 1 1 17 21
- Services Australia . 517 . 161 . 495 . 88 . 16 . . . 45 . 1322
Treasury 63 40 7 11 12 12 . 2 . . . . 2 . 84 65
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 58 53 24 14 11 17 1 4 1 1 . . 1 2 96 91
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 48 34 13 1 6 3 1 1 1 . . . 2 3 71 42
- Australian Taxation Office 403 273 377 79 269 293 23 15 12 11 . . 33 6 1117 677
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
- Productivity Commission 11 9 . . 3 4 . . . . . . . . 14 13
Veterans' Affairs 51 31 44 22 46 57 4 4 1 3 . . 4 3 150 120
- Australian War Memorial 13 9 1 2 3 4 1 . . . . . . . 18 15
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) 63 . 4 . 11 . 1 . . . 1685 . 2 . 1766 .
Agriculture 129 15 23 3 89 8 5 1 4 . . . 2 1 252 28
Human Services (NC) 701 84 582 17 535 61 81 6 24 . . . 72 3 1995 171
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) . 1 3 . . 1 . . . . . . 1 2 4 4
Communications (NC) 25 2 9 6 4 1 1 . . . . . . . 39 9
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 65 4 5 5 37 6 4 . 1 . . . . . 112 15
Total 4665 3613 2031 1164 2393 2289 211 233 91 92 1685 . 195 150 11271 7541

Source: APSED

Note: age retirements include resignations after age 55.

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