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Table 43: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 30 June 2021

Agency Classification Total
APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 1 2 21 238 267 350 189 34 11 3 1116
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . 1 . 4 6 3 . 1 . 15
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 2 6 10 4 1 . . 23
- Bureau of Meteorology . . 5 4 30 50 108 58 3 2 . 260
- GBRMPA . 1 1 1 2 12 11 5 2 . . 35
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . 1 2 11 21 19 4 . . 58
Attorney-General's . . . 5 31 46 83 44 33 7 1 250
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 5 36 34 28 25 3 . . 131
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 2 2 2 3 1 . . 10
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 1 2 1 1 . . 5
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 2 18 20 23 12 6 . . . 81
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 2 3 1 2 . . . 8
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Comcare . . 1 11 18 26 25 7 . . . 88
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 7 5 9 4 3 . . 28
- Fair Work Commission . . . . 5 13 11 7 1 . . 37
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 3 29 24 15 7 3 1 . . 82
- National Archives of Australia . . 2 7 13 8 8 1 1 . . 40
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 1 . 3 3 . 1 8
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 2 3 2 . . . 7
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 1 1 6 3 36 29 9 2 1 88
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 1 23 26 38 44 19 5 . . 156
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . 4
- Safe Work Australia . . . . . 1 2 2 4 1 . 10
Defence . . 23 136 224 396 445 270 20 9 . 1523
- Defence Housing Australia . . . 6 9 12 6 4 . . . 37
Education, Skills and Employment . 1 . 13 56 119 183 150 43 7 2 574
- Australian Research Council . . . . 2 7 6 5 2 . . 22
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . 1 9 10 9 7 1 . . 37
- TEQSA . . . . . 3 4 1 . . . 8
Finance . . 7 16 23 39 47 49 23 5 . 209
- Australian Electoral Commission . . 12 5 11 23 16 7 6 . . 80
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . 1 4 1 3 3 . . . 12
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . . 2 4 59 104 82 80 6 2 339
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . 1 2 1 . . . 4
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 10 10 34 41 17 5 1 118
Health . 1 7 14 130 187 294 215 70 9 1 928
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . 5 3 12 32 13 1 . . 66
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 4 3 . . . 8
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 5 3 1 . . 9
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . . . 2 13 15 3 . . . 33
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . . 2 2 2 . . . 6
- Cancer Australia . . . . 1 3 3 1 . . . 8
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . 1 . 2 6 2 . . . 11
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 2 1 3 . . . 6
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 2 5 6 6 1 . . 20
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . . . . . . .
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 2 1 . . . 4
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 2 1 . . 3
- Professional Services Review . . . . 2 1 . . . . . 3
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . . 1 6 2 . . . 9
Home Affairs . 3 3 265 486 578 575 314 52 14 2 2292
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 2 7 19 28 30 15 7 4 2 114
- AUSTRAC . . . . 6 12 29 17 1 . . 65
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . . . 23 55 148 290 127 25 5 . 673
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . 6 13 19 22 7 3 . . 70
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications . . . 6 22 52 82 73 29 4 2 270
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . . . . 3 5 11 9 1 . . 29
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . . 2 . . . . . 2
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 2 1 2 . . . 5
- National Capital Authority . . . . 1 1 2 1 . . . 5
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 1 10 9 5 4 . . . 29
- National Library of Australia . . . 7 9 11 7 3 . . . 37
- National Museum of Australia . . 2 4 8 10 9 6 . . . 39
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . . . 14 31 70 55 17 6 . 193
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 1 7 . 1 . 1 . . . . 10
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 3 3 8 11 5 . . . 30
- Australian National Audit Office . . . . 2 12 9 1 2 1 . 27
- Australian Public Service Commission . . 1 . 6 4 10 10 1 . 1 33
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . 1 3 4 12 9 4 . . 33
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . 5 5 8 2 . . 20
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . . 3 15 34 64 42 7 1 . 166
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . 4 1 13 11 1 2 1 33
- Old Parliament House . . . . 4 3 4 1 . . . 12
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 1 1 2 7 4 3 . . . 18
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 2 1 . 1 . . . 4
Social Services . . . . 63 136 120 77 23 5 2 426
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 1 . 3 5 2 . . 11
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 2 20 128 212 136 57 9 . . 564
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . 2 2 9 11 10 1 1 . 36
- Services Australia . 4 8 148 1765 1716 921 357 29 8 1 4957
Treasury . . 4 3 13 20 47 38 12 . . 137
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . . . 6 189 251 166 52 4 1 . 669
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . 6 3 56 57 42 9 1 . 174
- Australian Taxation Office . . 62 680 687 1204 877 408 64 12 . 3994
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Productivity Commission . . . . 9 3 1 2 3 . . 18
Veterans' Affairs . . 5 10 60 153 106 44 6 4 . 388
- Australian War Memorial . . . 6 9 8 8 1 . . . 32
Total . 12 164 1535 4574 6239 5735 3130 690 135 23 22237

Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.

Source: APSED

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