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Table 13: All employees: agency by location, 31 December 2019

Table 13: All employees: agency by location, 31 December 2019
Agency Location Total
ACT NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT O'seas
Agriculture 2351 718 736 687 181 322 14 48 19 5076
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 136 . 4 6 . . . 20 . 166
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 65 108 . . . . . . . 173
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 263 1 7 5 12 . . . . 288
Attorney-General's 1446 132 130 58 93 36 4 5 3 1907
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 19 308 196 91 36 47 7 . . 704
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . 11 . 1 . . . . . 12
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 37 14 . . . . . . . 51
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 6 22 71 16 13 18 4 4 . 154
- Australian Financial Security Authority 104 79 85 112 93 3 9 . . 485
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 137 . . . . . . . 137
- Australian Law Reform Commission . 7 . 4 . . . . . 11
- Comcare 400 23 133 22 13 13 . . . 604
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 140 9 24 24 23 5 . . . 225
- Fair Work Commission 6 54 192 22 13 12 2 3 . 304
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 53 452 286 209 85 85 28 10 . 1208
- National Archives of Australia 269 58 23 10 6 9 4 3 . 382
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . 107 . . . . . . . 107
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 60 150 96 57 19 24 10 4 . 420
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 50 234 309 107 72 41 31 3 . 847
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 32 . . . . . . . . 32
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 104 . . . . . . . . 104
- Safe Work Australia 98 . . . . . . . . 98
Communications and the Arts 486 40 24 2 2 1 . 2 . 557
- Australian Communications and Media Authority 140 130 168 11 . . 1 . . 450
- Australian National Maritime Museum . 123 . . . . . . . 123
- National Film and Sound Archive 157 15 6 . . . . . . 178
- National Library of Australia 396 . . . . . . . . 396
- National Museum of Australia 281 . . . . . . . . 281
- National Portrait Gallery 52 . . . . . . . . 52
- Screen Australia . 7 . . . . . . . 7
Defence 6799 2627 3388 1217 2046 455 70 209 143 16954
- Defence Housing Australia 247 129 32 135 60 19 . 21 . 643
Education 1233 29 28 19 17 19 10 8 . 1363
- Australian Research Council 143 . . . . . . . . 143
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . 91 . . . . . . 91
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 1804 147 83 84 88 30 19 10 . 2265
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 7 37 79 65 15 6 1 1 . 211
Environment and Energy 1894 74 9 8 3 25 565 335 . 2913
- Bureau of Meteorology 87 117 932 154 66 96 77 45 . 1574
- Clean Energy Regulator 339 . . . . . . . . 339
- Climate Change Authority 9 . . . . . . . . 9
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 5 . . 244 . . . . . 249
Finance 1561 49 20 25 19 15 4 3 . 1696
- Australian Electoral Commission 301 489 401 274 175 185 42 11 . 1878
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 163 . . . . . . 163
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 58 . . . . . . . . 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 2644 65 9 46 14 29 18 8 928 3761
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 58 . . . . . . . . 58
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 252 180 52 38 10 9 1 1 65 608
Health 3451 293 163 114 58 50 54 9 . 4192
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 46 161 94 74 49 29 8 1 . 462
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . 94 . . . . . . . 94
- Australian Digital Health Agency 46 2 . 6 . . . . . 54
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 367 15 . . . . . . . 382
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 27 113 . . . . . . 140
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 207 37 26 27 6 15 13 . . 331
- Cancer Australia 13 59 7 . . . . . . 79
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 104 . . . . . 2 . . 106
- National Blood Authority 57 . . . . . . . . 57
- National Health and Medical Research Council 198 . 14 . . . . . . 212
- National Health Funding Body 20 . . . . . . . . 20
- National Mental Health Commission 8 26 . . . . . . . 34
- Organ and Tissue Authority 24 . . . . . . . . 24
- Professional Services Review 27 . . . . . . . . 27
Home Affairs 5943 2455 2136 1229 598 969 146 166 200 13842
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 435 119 86 58 29 30 2 2 . 761
- AUSTRAC 90 178 110 23 2 4 . . . 407
Industry, Innovation and Science 3573 334 336 80 43 89 29 13 4 4501
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 . 4 . . 117 . . . 122
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 932 28 4 5 2 13 2 1 6 993
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 80 1 2 12 3 4 . . . 102
- National Capital Authority 72 . . . . . . . . 72
- National Faster Rail Agency 2 . . . . . . . . 2
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 2 . . . . . . . . 2
Prime Minister and Cabinet 944 4 1 7 1 4 . 1 1 963
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 38 40 10 96 15 70 . 156 . 425
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 120 . . . . . . . . 120
- Australian National Audit Office 335 . . . . . . . . 335
- Australian Public Service Commission 242 19 5 2 1 2 . . . 271
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 708 78 24 83 49 84 6 182 . 1214
- Office of National Intelligence 255 . . . . . . . . 255
- Old Parliament House 117 . . . . . . . . 117
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 160 . . . . . 160
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . 27 . . . . . . . 27
Services Australia 3920 7583 5960 6060 2489 2107 1574 428 . 30121
- Digital Transformation Agency 221 12 . . . . . . . 233
Social Services 1848 142 133 110 69 72 58 40 . 2472
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . 100 . . . . . . 100
- National Disability Insurance Agency 219 1024 1379 686 352 255 70 83 . 4068
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 14 115 25 32 22 . 7 4 . 219
Treasury 1225 45 25 . . 4 . . 11 1310
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1210 180 731 182 242 146 111 19 . 2821
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 336 174 459 101 89 32 10 6 . 1207
- Australian Taxation Office 2576 5316 4347 3171 1618 824 635 . . 18487
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 7 10 . . . . . . . 17
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 31 . . . . . . . 31
- Productivity Commission 52 . 112 . . . . . . 164
Veterans' Affairs 588 247 235 357 120 93 45 11 . 1696
- Australian War Memorial 338 . . . . . . . . 338
Total 55603 25758 24418 16428 9031 6517 3693 1876 1380 144704

Source: APSED