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Table 61: Promotions of ongoing employees: agency by classification, 2020-21

Agency Classification Total
Graduate 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 3 32 108 151 139 77 16 13 2 542
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . 1 1 9 2 . . . . 13
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 1 4 6 2 1 . . 14
- Bureau of Meteorology . . . . 5 14 36 41 . . . 96
- GBRMPA . . . 1 . 2 6 1 . . . 10
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . . 1 1 2 1 . . . 5
Attorney-General's . . . 2 29 46 78 39 7 . . 201
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 1 4 6 3 . . . . 14
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 1 7 5 2 1 . . . 16
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . 6
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 1 1 6 13 4 1 . . . 26
- Comcare . . . . 15 7 8 5 1 . . 36
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . 1 3 8 . 3 2 . . 17
- Fair Work Commission . . . . 10 3 5 . . . . 18
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 2 6 3 2 1 1 . 1 . 16
- National Archives of Australia . 1 . 8 5 9 8 3 . . . 34
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . 1 . 2 3 3 3 . . 12
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . 2 2 7 5 . . . 16
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 1 1 2 43 21 1 . . . 69
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 5 5 17 11 3 . . . 41
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 3 1 . . . . 4
- Safe Work Australia . . . 2 . . 3 4 2 1 . 12
Defence . . 14 70 295 461 409 201 10 4 . 1464
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 10 10 13 2 1 . . 36
Education, Skills and Employment . 2 1 18 107 140 134 37 4 3 . 446
- Australian Research Council . . 1 . 3 . 4 3 . . . 11
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . 1 . 1 3 3 1 1 . 10
- TEQSA . . . . . 3 3 . . . . 6
Finance . . 7 22 26 63 58 19 3 1 . 199
- Australian Electoral Commission . . 2 4 24 36 22 7 3 2 . 100
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . 1 3 5 1 . 1 1 12
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . 2 3 3 . . . . . 8
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . . 5 6 76 121 37 8 9 3 265
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . 1 2 1 11 8 5 . . 28
Health . 2 1 38 70 109 135 69 8 6 1 439
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . 1 7 22 19 6 . . . 55
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . 3
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . . . 11 4 13 8 1 . . 37
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . 1 2 1 1 . . . 5
- Cancer Australia . . . . . 1 2 2 1 . . 6
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . 1 1 1 3 1 . . . 7
- National Blood Authority . . . . 1 4 5 . . . . 10
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 3 9 1 . . . . 13
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 2 1 . . . 4
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . 2 . 2 4 1 . . 9
Home Affairs . . 4 167 367 303 239 70 21 4 2 1177
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . . . 15 19 10 7 . . . 51
- AUSTRAC . . . 1 6 . 19 3 1 . . 30
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . . 1 10 34 138 126 62 20 7 . 398
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . . 2 10 6 4 . . . 22
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . 1 . 1 1 . . 3
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications . . . 1 37 72 85 38 9 2 . 244
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . . . . 2 3 13 6 1 . . 25
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . . 4 1 . . . . 5
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 1 1 1 2 . 1 . 6
- National Capital Authority . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 . . 13
- National Library of Australia . . 3 4 12 12 8 1 . . . 40
- National Museum of Australia . . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . 3
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 2 1 . . . . . 3
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . . . 30 52 65 35 9 2 . 193
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 28 2 . 3 3 2 2 . . . 40
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 3 3 4 5 2 . . . 17
- Australian National Audit Office . . . 3 15 15 11 4 1 . . 49
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . . 9 10 7 4 . 1 . 31
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 3 1 4 12 19 15 . 2 . 56
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . 1 5 . 2 . . 8
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 4 . 2 12 37 40 28 3 1 . 127
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . 4 1 7 7 5 . . 24
- Old Parliament House . . . . 2 . . . . . . 2
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . 2 . . . . . . . 2
Social Services . . . . 28 72 59 29 9 4 2 203
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 18 110 112 48 24 8 . . 320
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . 1 4 17 7 4 . . . 33
- Services Australia . . 3 415 353 453 375 169 34 10 1 1813
Treasury . . 1 1 62 29 51 19 5 2 1 171
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . . . 4 43 44 32 13 2 . 1 139
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . 5 5 42 49 31 3 2 1 138
- Australian Taxation Office 1 3 81 338 385 586 661 241 4 2 . 2302
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 2 1 1 . . . . 4
- Productivity Commission . . . . 10 . 5 4 . . . 19
Veterans' Affairs . . . 6 19 19 32 9 3 1 . 89
- Australian War Memorial . . . 3 3 4 1 . . . . 11
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Total 1 41 132 1215 2368 3382 3314 1445 220 83 15 12216

Source: APSED

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