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Table 43: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 31 December 2021

Classification
Agency APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment . . 3 30 247 269 377 234 39 10 2 1211
Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . 1 . 2 5 3 . 1 . 12
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 1 6 8 10 1 1 . 27
Bureau of Meteorology . . 3 4 25 43 73 54 2 1 . 205
GBRMPA . 1 . 3 4 9 14 9 2 . . 42
Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . 1 1 11 21 17 3 2 . 56
Attorney-General's . . . 5 39 46 73 69 28 5 . 265
Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 10 40 30 29 21 3 . . 133
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .
Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 4 4 5 4 4 . . 21
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 1 2 5 1 . . 9
Australian Financial Security Authority . . 1 20 16 20 18 10 2 . . 87
Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 4 2 3 4 . . . 13
Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2
Comcare . . . 8 14 22 26 9 1 . . 80
Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . 2 2 8 8 7 3 . . 30
Fair Work Commission . . . . 5 10 10 6 1 . . 32
Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 24 28 15 12 5 2 1 . 88
National Archives of Australia . . 3 8 15 16 12 5 . . . 59
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 2 2 1 3 . 1 9
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 5 1 2 . . . 8
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . . 1 35 2 30 19 10 3 1 101
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 1 16 20 33 36 25 5 . . 136
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . 1 . 5 2 1 . . 9
Safe Work Australia . . . . 1 2 . 7 3 . . 13
Defence . 1 23 107 216 451 534 337 48 21 3 1741
Defence Housing Australia . . . 5 12 12 11 3 2 1 . 46
Education, Skills and Employment . 1 2 6 45 96 200 188 54 11 3 606
Australian Research Council . . . . 1 10 10 2 1 . . 24
Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 5 6 8 7 3 . . 29
TEQSA . . . . 1 4 7 2 1 . . 15
Finance . . 7 9 30 34 54 64 23 5 1 227
Australian Electoral Commission . . 15 6 18 32 25 15 4 2 . 117
Future Fund Management Agency . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . . 6
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . . 1 17 91 132 186 95 16 4 542
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . 2 8 15 29 44 21 1 . 120
Health . 3 8 12 127 196 337 271 73 15 4 1046
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . 7 4 15 32 15 2 . . 75
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 4 3 . . . 8
Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . 1 6 4 5 . . 16
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . . . 3 7 13 6 . . . 29
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . 1 5 2 3 . . . 11
Cancer Australia . . . . . 3 4 3 . . . 10
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . . 6 2 1 . . 9
National Blood Authority . . . . . 1 2 2 . . . 5
National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 1 3 8 6 1 . . 19
National Health Funding Body . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 2 1 . . 1 . 4
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2
Professional Services Review . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
Sport Integrity Australia . . . . . 1 7 4 1 . . 13
Home Affairs . 2 2 292 486 551 581 400 95 18 2 2429
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . . 2 23 30 27 26 7 3 . 118
AUSTRAC . . . . 6 9 21 16 3 . . 55
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . . 3 21 63 144 290 203 42 14 6 786
Clean Energy Regulator . . . 3 6 11 20 12 4 . . 56
Climate Change Authority . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 3 . 2 6 3 . . 14
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications . . 2 5 19 59 81 95 27 7 3 298
Australian Communications & Media Authority . . . . 3 7 12 6 3 . . 31
Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 1 1 1 2 . . . 5
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 2 1 4 . . . 7
National Capital Authority . . . . . 1 2 1 1 . . 5
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
National Film and Sound Archive . . . . 8 5 4 2 1 . . 20
National Library of Australia . . 2 6 9 13 12 2 . . . 44
National Museum of Australia . . 1 3 11 9 9 6 1 . . 40
National Portrait Gallery . . . . 1 2 . . . . . 3
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .
Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . . . 14 24 51 59 25 8 1 182
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 1 11 . 1 . 1 . . . . 14
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 2 2 8 6 1 . . 20
Australian National Audit Office . . . . 1 6 7 4 6 . . 24
Australian Public Service Commission . . 1 . 2 5 12 12 2 2 . 36
Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 3 5 15 15 12 2 . 52
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . . . . . 5 14 8 4 . . 31
National Indigenous Australians Agency . . . . 15 22 53 54 17 7 1 169
Office of National Intelligence . . . . 4 1 10 10 4 . . 29
Old Parliament House . . . . 6 1 1 3 1 . . 12
Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 1 1 7 4 3 . . . 16
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 2
Social Services . . . 2 42 140 131 99 29 6 1 450
Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 1 . 2 . . . . 3
National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 28 128 160 127 64 14 1 . 522
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 3 13 18 11 2 1 . 48
Services Australia . 2 11 206 1807 1621 833 372 67 16 1 4936
Treasury . . 4 2 16 25 47 49 21 4 1 169
Australian Bureau of Statistics . . . 4 112 143 124 57 13 5 2 460
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . 3 10 30 44 45 9 2 . 143
Australian Taxation Office . 1 29 538 536 890 802 420 83 12 . 3311
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2
Productivity Commission . . . . 1 2 2 5 3 . . 13
Veterans' Affairs . . 3 9 68 134 93 37 13 6 . 363
Australian War Memorial . . . 5 9 10 10 3 1 . . 38
Total . 12 136 1420 4415 5638 5679 3819 964 212 37 22332

Source: APSED

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

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