Appendix 2 - Machinery of Government Changes
Table A1: Movements between APS agencies, 2025
| Date | Agency employees moved from | Agency employees moved to | Number of ongoing staff | Number of non-ongoing staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/07/2025 | Attorney-General's | Treasury | 7 | . |
| 3/07/2025 | Health, Disability and Ageing | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | 68 | . |
| 3/07/2025 | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | Treasury | 14 | . |
| 3/07/2025 | Industry, Science and Resources | Treasury | 52 | 2 |
| 17/07/2025 | Attorney-General's | Home Affairs | 145 | 6 |
| 31/07/2025 | Social Services | Treasury | 74 | . |
| 31/07/2025 | Social Services | Health, Disability and Ageing | 399 | 15 |
| 5/08/2025 | Attorney-General's | Home Affairs | 4 | . |
| 14/08/2025 | Social Services | Health, Disability and Ageing | 78 | . |
| 1/11/2025 | Defence | Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator | 56 | 3 |
Table A2: Machinery of Government engagements from non-APS agencies, 2025
| Date | Agency | Number of Ongoing staff | Number of Non-ongoing staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not Applicable. | |||
Table A3: Total Machinery of Government movements into and out of the APS, 2006 to 2025
| Year | Additions | Reductions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total | Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total | |
| 2006 | 527 | 40 | 567 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 150 | 424 | 574 | |||
| 2008 | 360 | 65 | 425 | 466 | 466 | |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| 2010 | 158 | 36 | 194 | |||
| 2011 | 210 | 35 | 245 | 4 | . | 4 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2 | 66 | |||
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 262 | 2 | 264 | |||
| 2015 | 631 | 49 | 680 | 299 | 87 | 386 |
| 2016 | 164 | 1 | 165 | |||
| 2017 | 84 | 84 | ||||
| 2018 | 33 | 33 | 1,808 | 24 | 1,832 | |
| 2019 | 207 | 207 | 1,685 | 288 | 1,973 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2021 | 183 | 37 | 220 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| 2024 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 2025 | 191 | 8 | 199 | |||
Table A4: Changes to agency names and portfolios, 2025
| Date | Change | Entity Name | Portfolio | Change Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/02/2025 | Add | National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People | Social Services | A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established by amendment to Schedule 1 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 on 13 January 2025 |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | Department of Health and Aged Care | Health, Disability and Ageing | The Department of Health and Aged Care has been renamed the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | Health, Disability and Ageing | Entity moved from Social Services portfolio to Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | National Disability Insurance Agency | Health, Disability and Ageing | Entity moved from Social Services portfolio to Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | Australian Crime Commission (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission) | Home Affairs | Entity moved from the Attorney General's portfolio to Home Affairs portfolio |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) | Home Affairs | Entity moved from the Attorney General's portfolio to Home Affairs portfolio |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts has been renamed the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | Sport Integrity Australia | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | Entity moved from the Health and Aged Care portfolio to the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio |
| 14/05/2025 | Amend | Australian Financial Security Authority | Treasury | Entity moved from the Attorney General's portfolio to the Treasury portfolio |
| 1/07/2025 | Amend | Services Australia | Finance | Entity moved from the Social Services portfolio to the Finance portfolio |
| 3/11/2025 | Add | Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator | Defence | A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established on 1 November 2025 by the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024. |