APS Agencies – size and function
Australian Public Service (APS) agencies are grouped into categories or ‘functional clusters’ to allow comparisons to be made between agencies with similar primary functions. The five functional clusters applied to APS agencies are as follows:
- Policy: organisations involved in the development of public policy.
- Smaller operational: organisations with less than 1,000 employees involved in the implementation of public policy.
- Larger operational: organisations with 1,000 employees or more involved in the implementation of public policy.
- Regulatory: organisations involved in regulation and inspection.
- Specialist: organisations providing specialist support to government.
|
Agency |
Function |
|---|---|
|
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority |
Specialist |
|
Screen Australia |
Specialist |
|
Australian Law Reform Commission |
Policy |
|
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency |
Specialist |
|
National Faster Rail Agency |
Specialist |
|
Climate Change Authority |
Specialist |
|
Agency |
Function |
|---|---|
|
Commonwealth Grants Commission |
Specialist |
|
Workplace Gender Equality Agency |
Specialist |
|
Professional Services Review |
Regulatory |
|
Inspector-General of Taxation |
Specialist |
|
National Mental Health Commission |
Specialist |
|
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security |
Specialist |
|
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
Specialist |
|
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
Specialist |
|
Australian Office Of Financial Management |
Specialist |
|
National Portrait Gallery of Australia |
Specialist |
|
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority |
Specialist |
|
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity |
Specialist |
|
National Capital Authority |
Specialist |
|
National Blood Authority |
Specialist |
|
Cancer Australia |
Specialist |
|
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
Specialist |
|
Safe Work Australia |
Policy |
|
Organ and Tissue Authority |
Specialist |
| National Health Funding Body | Specialist |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | Regulatory |
|
Agency |
Function |
|---|---|
|
Office of Parliamentary Counsel |
Specialist |
|
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
Specialist |
|
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency |
Specialist |
|
Australian Building and Construction Commission |
Regulatory |
|
Australian Research Council |
Specialist |
|
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
Regulatory |
|
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia |
Specialist |
|
Productivity Commission |
Specialist |
|
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
Regulatory |
|
Royal Australian Mint |
Specialist |
|
Future Fund Management Agency |
Specialist |
|
Australian Skills Quality Authority |
Regulatory |
|
National Health and Medical Research Council |
Specialist |
|
Australian Human Rights Commission |
Specialist |
|
Australian National Maritime Museum |
Specialist |
|
Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
Regulatory |
|
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority |
Regulatory |
|
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
Regulatory |
|
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
Specialist |
| Digital Transformation Agency | Smaller Operational |
| Australian Transport Safety Bureau | Specialist |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Smaller Operational |
| National Recovery and Resilience Agency | Policy |
| Old Parliament House | Specialist |
|
Agency |
Function |
|---|---|
|
Murray Darling Basin Authority |
Policy |
|
Australian War Memorial |
Specialist |
|
National Archives of Australia |
Specialist |
|
Clean Energy Regulator |
Regulatory |
|
Australian National Audit Office |
Specialist |
|
National Library of Australia |
Specialist |
|
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Specialist |
|
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
Regulatory |
|
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
Specialist |
|
Australian Communications and Media Authority |
Regulatory |
|
Australian Financial Security Authority |
Smaller Operational |
|
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission |
Regulatory |
|
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
Smaller Operational |
|
Defence Housing Australia |
Smaller Operational |
|
Comcare |
Smaller Operational |
|
Australian Trade and Investment Commission |
Specialist |
|
Geoscience Australia |
Specialist |
|
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission |
Specialist |
|
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity |
Regulatory |
|
Digital Transformation Agency |
Smaller Operational |
|
Fair Work Commission |
Smaller Operational |
|
Office of National Intelligence |
Specialist |
|
Aboriginal Hostels Limited |
Smaller Operational |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Smaller Operational |
| NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | Regulatory |
| Australian Public Service Commission | Policy |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | Specialist |
| National Museum of Australia | Specialist |
| Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman | Specialist |
| Sport Integrity Australia | Regulatory |
|
Agency |
Function |
|---|---|
|
Department of the Treasury |
Policy |
|
IP Australia |
Larger Operational |
|
National Indigenous Australians Agency |
Policy |
|
Attorney-General's Department |
Policy |
|
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
Regulatory |
|
Department of Finance |
Policy |
|
Bureau of Meteorology |
Larger Operational |
|
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
Policy |
|
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Policy |
|
Department of Veterans' Affairs |
Larger Operational |
|
Department of Social Services |
Policy |
|
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Specialist |
|
Department of Industry, Science and Resources |
Policy |
|
National Disability Insurance Agency |
Larger Operational |
|
Department of Health and Aged Care |
Policy |
|
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
Policy |
|
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Policy |
|
Federal Court of Australia |
Specialist |
|
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
Policy |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Larger Operational |
| Department of Education | Policy |
| Australian Electoral Commission | Smaller Operational |
| Federal Court of Australia | Specialist |
|
Agency |
Function |
|---|---|
|
Department of Home Affairs |
Larger Operational |
|
Department of Defence |
Larger Operational |
|
Australian Taxation Office |
Larger Operational |
|
Services Australia |
Larger Operational |