Table 52: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2020 and 2021 *

Classification
  Trainee & Graduate APS EL SES Total
Agency 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 72 3 189 591 29 87 4 5 294 686
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 2 6 10 4 4 . . 12 16
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 15 12 7 4 . . 22 16
Bureau of Meteorology 15 23 54 55 30 47 5 . 104 125
GBRMPA . . 16 23 2 5 1 . 19 28
Murray Darling Basin Authority 6 . 12 9 8 8 3 . 29 17
Attorney-General's 61 61 96 139 25 39 . 3 182 242
Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 24 68 3 5 . . 27 73
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . 2 1 . . . 1 2
Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 17 17 2 2 . . 19 19
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . 5 15 2 9 . 2 7 26
Australian Financial Security Authority . . 15 20 3 4 . . 18 24
Australian Human Rights Commission . . 3 7 2 . . 1 5 8
Australian Law Reform Commission . . 4 1 2 1 . . 6 2
Comcare 4 4 51 58 13 14 . . 68 76
Commonwealth Ombudsman 1 1 9 36 5 6 . . 15 43
Fair Work Commission . . 23 18 2 . . . 25 18
Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 25 39 26 47 2 1 53 87
National Archives of Australia . . 24 36 7 3 1 . 32 39
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . 10 11 2 . . . 12 11
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . 14 22 3 5 . . 17 27
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 55 43 6 4 . . 61 47
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 3 . 71 99 3 7 . . 77 106
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . 1 2 3 5 . 1 4 8
Safe Work Australia 2 5 6 6 2 2 . . 10 13
Defence 294 268 1100 777 198 193 5 6 1597 1244
Defence Housing Australia . . 17 76 4 21 . . 21 97
Education, Skills and Employment 37 89 124 329 32 58 1 2 194 478
Australian Research Council . . 6 8 2 1 . . 8 9
Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 11 17 1 15 2 . 14 32
TEQSA . . 10 16 4 3 . . 14 19
Finance 32 33 89 102 7 9 . . 128 144
Australian Electoral Commission 3 6 53 119 8 21 . 1 64 147
Future Fund Management Agency . . 43 15 5 6 . . 48 21
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 3 9 1 . . . 4 9
Foreign Affairs and Trade 46 40 49 87 40 66 4 6 139 199
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . 1 1 . . . . 1 1
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . 10 35 15 38 . 6 25 79
Health 37 4 186 413 43 112 . 8 266 537
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . 48 103 5 23 . . 53 126
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . 1 . 3 7 . 1 4 8
Australian Digital Health Agency . . 1 29 6 17 . . 7 46
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 7 13 8 29 5 6 . 1 20 49
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 5 4 5 1 . . 10 5
Cancer Australia . . 2 8 3 3 . 1 5 12
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . 3 8 3 1 . . 6 9
National Blood Authority . . 6 9 . 4 . 1 6 14
National Health and Medical Research Council . . 2 20 3 8 . . 5 28
National Health Funding Body . . . 3 1 2 . . 1 5
National Mental Health Commission . . 1 2 3 13 . 1 4 16
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . 1 . 5 . . . 6
Professional Services Review . . 3 6 2 . . . 5 6
Sport Integrity Australia . . 3 10 . 7 . . 3 17
Home Affairs 315 225 590 477 61 41 . 9 966 752
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 5 1 39 58 20 27 . 2 64 88
AUSTRAC . . 26 60 6 12 2 1 34 73
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 43 34 195 411 41 109 5 7 284 561
Clean Energy Regulator 9 4 28 38 3 6 . . 40 48
Climate Change Authority . . 1 1 . . . . 1 1
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . 2 . 2 . . . 4
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 19 44 72 184 27 46 1 3 119 277
Australian Communications & Media Authority 7 7 17 16 15 18 1 . 40 41
Australian National Maritime Museum . . 1 5 1 4 . . 2 9
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . 6 5 1 1 . . 7 6
National Capital Authority . . 2 2 . 2 . . 2 4
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
National Film and Sound Archive . . 9 12 2 1 . . 11 13
National Library of Australia 1 1 22 40 12 5 . 1 35 47
National Museum of Australia . . 13 14 . 3 1 . 14 17
National Portrait Gallery . . 3 5 4 . . . 7 5
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
Prime Minister and Cabinet 33 17 77 112 14 32 4 2 128 163
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 18 147 . 4 . 2 18 153
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2 . 10 9 3 5 . . 15 14
Australian National Audit Office 13 27 17 20 4 5 . . 34 52
Australian Public Service Commission 4 8 13 18 6 19 1 1 24 46
Digital Transformation Agency . . 21 18 19 10 2 . 42 28
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . . . 1 1 3 . . 1 4
National Indigenous Australians Agency 2 15 56 78 19 19 1 4 78 116
Office of National Intelligence . . 13 8 10 10 2 . 25 18
Old Parliament House . . 1 1 1 . . . 2 1
Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 3 3 4 . . . 7 3
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 2 6 . 1 . . 2 7
Social Services 82 75 77 315 15 36 1 1 175 427
Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 29 . 18 . . . 47
National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 320 1064 41 84 10 6 371 1157
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . 20 93 16 20 3 . 39 113
Services Australia 86 339 653 2028 38 97 8 1 785 2465
Treasury 33 52 64 162 30 38 1 2 128 254
Australian Bureau of Statistics 75 41 32 251 2 20 . . 109 312
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 53 22 41 84 19 39 2 6 115 151
Australian Taxation Office 335 438 898 1242 85 242 5 3 1323 1925
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . 3 . . . . . 3 .
Productivity Commission 7 5 3 10 1 7 . . 11 22
Veterans' Affairs 14 9 78 129 18 27 3 1 113 166
Australian War Memorial . . 20 18 4 2 . . 24 20
Agriculture 1 . 27 . 3 . . . 31 .
Human Services (NC) 158 . 51 . 2 . . . 211 .
Communications (NC) 14 . 2 . 2 . . . 18 .
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 25 . 13 . . . . . 38 .
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) . . 6 . 5 1 . . 11 1
Total 1958 1919 6094 10751 1147 1964 81 99 9280 14733

Source: APSED

* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2021. Appendixes 2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

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