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Table 49: Ongoing employees: agency by operative status (including maternity related leave) and gender, 31 December 2021*

  Men Women
Agency Operative Inoperative Total Operative Inoperative Maternity Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2860 39 2899 3469 115 34 3618
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 65 . 65 76 . 1 77
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 72 1 73 86 1 3 90
Bureau of Meteorology 893 2 895 492 5 10 507
GBRMPA 72 2 74 128 1 4 133
Murray Darling Basin Authority 123 2 125 119 3 4 126
Attorney-General's 544 11 555 1130 26 69 1225
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 175 6 181 328 8 18 354
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 2 . 2 12 . . 12
Australian Building and Construction Commission 63 1 64 72 1 . 73
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 41 2 43 44 . . 44
Australian Financial Security Authority 135 1 136 224 2 10 236
Australian Human Rights Commission 21 . 21 61 1 7 69
Australian Law Reform Commission 5 . 5 6 . . 6
Comcare 197 4 201 314 4 25 343
Commonwealth Ombudsman 69 2 71 124 5 6 135
Fair Work Commission 77 2 79 151 . 15 166
Federal Court Statutory Agency 183 2 185 575 10 1 586
National Archives of Australia 131 2 133 172 3 1 176
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 40 . 40 66 1 2 69
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 20 . 20 79 1 4 84
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 128 1 129 264 8 12 284
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 313 5 318 551 7 3 561
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 18 1 19 25 . 1 26
Safe Work Australia 24 . 24 63 5 . 68
Defence 8702 61 8763 7191 73 249 7513
Defence Housing Australia 151 . 151 305 6 26 337
Education, Skills and Employment 1431 21 1452 2328 52 2 2382
Australian Research Council 45 2 47 81 3 1 85
Australian Skills Quality Authority 53 . 53 122 6 . 128
TEQSA 28 . 28 51 1 3 55
Finance 600 9 609 732 17 1 750
Australian Electoral Commission 223 5 228 464 10 9 483
Future Fund Management Agency 85 . 85 100 . 9 109
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 14 . 14 38 . . 38
Foreign Affairs and Trade 1581 46 1627 2217 63 83 2363
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 8 . 8 23 . . 23
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 266 4 270 341 9 19 369
Health 1372 55 1427 3111 144 131 3386
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 163 3 166 446 14 8 468
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 16 . 16 53 2 3 58
Australian Digital Health Agency 33 . 33 78 1 1 80
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 129 2 131 255 10 7 272
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 72 1 73 56 1 1 58
Cancer Australia 11 . 11 52 3 . 55
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 34 1 35 56 1 3 60
National Blood Authority 16 . 16 44 . 5 49
National Health and Medical Research Council 58 2 60 125 4 7 136
National Health Funding Body 9 . 9 11 . 1 12
National Mental Health Commission 10 . 10 28 1 1 30
Organ and Tissue Authority 4 . 4 13 1 1 15
Professional Services Review 10 1 11 19 . 1 20
Sport Integrity Australia 40 1 41 53 1 1 55
Home Affairs 5954 93 6047 6315 128 301 6744
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 355 1 356 333 5 18 356
AUSTRAC 184 3 187 238 1 14 253
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 2278 33 2311 2386 64 56 2506
Clean Energy Regulator 153 3 156 150 3 7 160
Climate Change Authority 2 . 2 7 . . 7
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 53 1 54 38 . 1 39
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 690 15 705 1002 14 29 1045
Australian Communications & Media Authority 200 3 203 232 2 7 241
Australian National Maritime Museum 35 . 35 33 . 1 34
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 60 . 60 25 . 4 29
National Capital Authority 17 1 18 27 1 4 32
National Faster Rail Agency 2 . 2 6 . . 6
National Film and Sound Archive 64 2 66 65 . 5 70
National Library of Australia 110 3 113 228 6 6 240
National Museum of Australia 56 2 58 118 4 4 126
National Portrait Gallery 12 . 12 35 . . 35
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 1 . 1 . . . .
Screen Australia 3 . 3 3 . . 3
Prime Minister and Cabinet 362 14 376 697 38 33 768
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 104 . 104 127 . 3 130
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 47 1 48 58 2 . 60
Australian National Audit Office 138 1 139 178 3 9 190
Australian Public Service Commission 75 3 78 201 6 . 207
Digital Transformation Agency 88 1 89 107 4 . 111
National Recovery and Resilience Agency 29 2 31 73 2 4 79
National Indigenous Australians Agency 349 10 359 776 32 23 831
Office of National Intelligence 129 3 132 110 6 10 126
Old Parliament House 18 . 18 27 1 2 30
Torres Strait Regional Authority 12 . 12 45 . . 45
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 6 . 6 22 . . 22
Social Services 692 18 710 1602 60 39 1701
Australian Institute of Family Studies 15 1 16 55 . 1 56
National Disability Insurance Agency 993 16 1009 2938 31 102 3071
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 94 2 96 228 7 2 237
Services Australia 8004 63 8067 18293 184 563 19040
Treasury 778 28 806 788 29 28 845
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1117 12 1129 1235 13 36 1284
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 531 10 541 672 15 37 724
Australian Taxation Office 7862 47 7909 9784 95 411 10290
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 16 . 16 11 . . 11
Productivity Commission 59 4 63 82 . 5 87
Veterans' Affairs 564 3 567 1075 13 41 1129
Australian War Memorial 106 . 106 135 4 3 142
Total 53852 699 54551 77584 1403 2612 81599

Source: APSED

* For definitions of operative status and maternity-related leave, see APSED manual

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