Table 72: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2020 and 2021

Agency Resignation Retrenchment Age retirement Physical or mental incapacity Deceased Termination of appointment Total
2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 127 204 30 52 84 134 9 12 7 6 3 3 260 411
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 8 7 . . 6 2 . 1 . . 1 . 15 10
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 6 11 1 . 2 1 . . . . . . 9 12
Bureau of Meteorology 39 49 47 31 24 26 . . 1 1 4 . 115 107
GBRMPA 14 13 9 3 2 2 . 1 . . . . 25 19
Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 3 7 5 3 4 . . 1 . . . 12 12
Attorney-General's 69 110 2 4 16 23 4 . 2 1 3 . 96 138
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 13 26 4 2 5 6 . . . . . . 22 34
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Australian Building and Construction Commission 3 10 . 4 2 2 . . . . . . 5 16
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . 5 2
Australian Financial Security Authority 15 31 5 11 9 6 . . 1 . . . 30 48
Australian Human Rights Commission 4 11 2 3 . 3 . . . . . . 6 17
Australian Law Reform Commission 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Comcare 17 38 13 19 10 6 . 2 . . 4 1 44 66
Commonwealth Ombudsman 10 17 5 6 2 3 . . . . . . 17 26
Fair Work Commission 12 22 3 2 1 1 . . 1 . . . 17 25
Federal Court Statutory Agency 23 55 8 11 21 23 2 1 1 . . . 55 90
National Archives of Australia 8 22 1 . 8 17 . . 1 . 1 . 19 39
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 3 5 . 2 1 4 . . . . . . 4 11
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 7 26 1 . . 2 . . . . . . 8 28
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 36 58 1 . 5 6 . . . 1 . . 42 65
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 27 42 1 8 8 8 . 1 . 1 . . 36 60
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . 2 2
Safe Work Australia 6 11 1 . 2 1 . . . . . . 9 12
Defence 602 972 285 177 400 561 29 25 15 12 30 18 1361 1765
Defence Housing Australia 39 53 45 29 4 16 . 2 . . . 4 88 104
Education, Skills and Employment 68 148 55 37 39 54 5 4 1 1 2 1 170 245
Australian Research Council 6 8 . 1 2 2 . . . . . . 8 11
Australian Skills Quality Authority 8 23 . 6 4 7 . . . . 1 2 13 38
TEQSA 8 10 . . 2 3 . . . . . . 10 13
Finance 50 64 8 8 15 13 . 2 1 1 2 2 76 90
Australian Electoral Commission 34 72 8 . 38 43 1 1 2 . 3 3 86 119
Future Fund Management Agency 9 14 . 10 1 . . . . . . . 10 24
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Foreign Affairs and Trade 65 105 41 14 49 60 9 3 1 1 . 1 165 184
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . 2 2 . . 2 . . . . . . 2 4
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 24 28 2 9 7 8 . . 1 . 1 . 35 45
Health 99 132 26 49 46 53 4 3 3 2 1 4 179 243
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 15 30 3 1 26 22 2 . . 1 . . 46 54
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 3 5 . . . 3 . . . . . . 3 8
Australian Digital Health Agency 2 7 . 1 . 2 . . . . . . 2 10
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 17 20 1 1 10 5 . . . 1 . . 28 27
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 2 6 . 1 2 2 . . . . . . 4 9
Cancer Australia 6 2 1 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . 9 5
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 3 1 1 1 4 . . . . . . . 8 2
National Blood Authority 1 4 3 3 1 2 . . . 1 . . 5 10
National Health and Medical Research Council 6 5 1 . 2 1 . . . . . . 9 6
National Health Funding Body 1 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . 2 3
National Mental Health Commission 2 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 4 2
Organ and Tissue Authority . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 2
Professional Services Review 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .
Sport Integrity Australia 1 4 . . 1 2 . . . . . . 2 6
Home Affairs 322 454 46 20 220 293 22 18 15 8 7 12 632 805
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 55 61 7 9 11 15 1 1 . . . 1 74 87
AUSTRAC 20 26 5 3 4 6 . . . . . . 29 35
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 122 197 59 43 47 58 6 3 2 5 4 1 240 307
Clean Energy Regulator 8 21 3 3 5 2 1 . . . . . 17 26
Climate Change Authority 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 2 . . 2 1 . . . . . . 3 3
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 41 84 20 21 20 24 1 2 2 2 1 2 85 135
Australian Communications & Media Authority 24 30 2 8 8 5 . . . 1 1 . 35 44
Australian National Maritime Museum 3 13 1 . 7 5 . . . . . . 11 18
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 2 5 4 1 1 1 . . . . . . 7 7
National Capital Authority 2 1 . 1 . 2 . . . . . . 2 4
National Faster Rail Agency 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
National Film and Sound Archive 6 7 . 2 2 1 . . . . . . 8 10
National Library of Australia 15 16 4 6 9 23 1 . . . . . 29 45
National Museum of Australia 11 10 17 9 4 6 . . . . . . 32 25
National Portrait Gallery 1 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . . 2 3
Screen Australia . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
Prime Minister and Cabinet 39 66 6 1 4 12 1 . . 1 1 . 51 80
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 7 17 1 . 5 6 . . . . 4 3 17 26
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 6 11 . 1 2 9 . . . . . . 8 21
Australian National Audit Office 29 17 2 5 7 4 . . . . . 1 38 27
Australian Public Service Commission 11 17 7 4 6 2 1 . . 1 . . 25 24
Digital Transformation Agency 16 31 1 3 5 4 . . . . . . 22 38
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3
National Indigenous Australians Agency 43 54 6 7 15 23 4 . 3 . 1 . 72 84
Office of National Intelligence 6 17 3 . 3 4 1 . . . . . 13 21
Old Parliament House 3 3 . . 1 2 . . . . . . 4 5
Torres Strait Regional Authority 5 3 . 1 1 2 . . . . . . 6 6
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
Social Services 72 88 19 39 31 45 3 . 1 1 3 1 129 174
Australian Institute of Family Studies 2 7 . 1 2 1 . . . . . . 4 9
National Disability Insurance Agency 131 214 6 6 37 85 5 4 1 . 4 2 184 311
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 16 17 1 1 3 11 . . . . 1 1 21 30
Services Australia 516 851 161 90 496 669 88 88 16 21 45 45 1322 1764
Treasury 40 111 11 9 12 14 2 1 . 2 . . 65 137
Australian Bureau of Statistics 53 75 14 3 17 22 4 6 1 . 2 3 91 109
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 34 76 1 1 3 22 1 . . . 3 . 42 99
Australian Taxation Office 276 409 79 64 294 420 15 15 13 6 6 13 683 927
Productivity Commission 9 12 . . 4 5 . . . 1 . . 13 18
Veterans' Affairs 31 45 22 22 57 52 4 3 3 . 2 1 119 123
Australian War Memorial 9 18 2 1 4 7 . . . . . . 15 26
Agriculture 15 . 3 . 8 . 1 . . . 1 . 28 .
Human Services (NC) 84 . 17 . 61 . 6 . . . 3 . 171 .
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 2 . 4 .
Communications (NC) 2 . 6 . 1 . . . . . . . 9 .
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 4 . 5 . 6 . . . . . . . 15 .
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Total 3629 5593 1166 901 2296 3007 233 199 96 79 148 125 7568 9904

Source: APSED

Note: age retirements include resignations after age 55.

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