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Table 14: All employees: agency by location, 30 June 2018

Agency Location All
ACT NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT O'seas
Agriculture and Water Resources 2324 730 623 694 196 318 13 60 19 4977
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 156 . 1 8 . . . 20 . 185
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 175 26 . . . . . . . 201
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 288 . 9 3 7 . . . . 307
Attorney-General's 1044 122 148 54 27 36 3 7 5 1446
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 16 305 184 84 35 41 5 . . 670
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 37 16 . . . . . . . 53
- Australian Financial Security Authority 132 83 95 101 91 3 6 . . 511
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 142 . . . . . . . 142
- Australian Law Reform Commission . 10 . . . . . . . 10
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions 59 133 84 58 19 21 8 3 . 385
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 60 451 267 198 84 83 27 11 . 1181
- National Archives of Australia 274 58 27 8 6 19 4 3 . 399
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . 90 . . . . . . . 90
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 102 . . . . . . . . 102
Communications and the Arts 523 50 16 2 2 1 . 4 . 598
- Australian Communications and Media Authority 136 125 163 11 . . 1 . . 436
- Australian National Maritime Museum . 133 . . . . . . . 133
- National Film and Sound Archive 154 20 5 . . . . . . 179
- National Library of Australia 432 . . . . . . . . 432
- National Museum of Australia 265 . . . . . . . . 265
- National Portrait Gallery 65 . . . . . . . . 65
- Old Parliament House 102 . . . . . . . . 102
- Screen Australia . 7 . . . . . . . 7
Defence 8309 2763 3521 1259 1982 467 71 249 159 18780
- Defence Housing Australia 272 133 30 138 61 20 . 27 . 681
Education and Training 1561 48 51 33 30 28 12 13 . 1776
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 114 . . . . . . . . 114
- Australian Research Council 146 . . . . . . . . 146
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 17 31 57 61 11 7 1 1 . 186
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . 53 . . . . . . 53
Environment and Energy 1769 69 10 5 3 27 386 302 . 2571
- Bureau of Meteorology 84 134 1011 134 70 104 78 57 . 1672
- Clean Energy Regulator 344 . . . . . . . . 344
- Climate Change Authority 10 . . . . . . . . 10
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 6 . . 236 . . . . . 242
Finance 1500 60 41 30 13 17 2 1 . 1664
- Australian Electoral Commission 317 524 399 284 116 202 62 8 . 1912
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 161 . . . . . . 161
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 58 . . . . . . . . 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 2597 72 9 47 20 33 20 9 960 3767
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 53 . . . . . . . . 53
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 225 176 46 26 6 6 1 1 74 561
Health 3535 342 218 149 90 74 61 25 . 4494
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . 129 55 43 27 17 5 . . 276
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 3 81 . . . . . . . 84
- Australian Digital Health Agency 44 . . 3 . . . . . 47
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 335 8 . . . . . . . 343
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 27 116 . . . . . . 143
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 346 . . . . . . . . 346
- Cancer Australia 7 64 8 . . . . . . 79
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 94 1 . . . . 2 . 1 98
- National Blood Authority 56 . . . . . . . . 56
- National Health and Medical Research Council 176 . 14 . . . . . . 190
- National Health Funding Body 22 . . . . . . . . 22
- National Mental Health Commission 4 22 . . . . . . . 26
- Organ and Tissue Authority 28 . . . . . . . . 28
- Professional Services Review 21 . . . . . . . . 21
Home Affairs 5989 2704 2171 1342 623 1083 148 174 229 14463
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 393 130 109 89 36 27 2 2 . 788
- AUSTRAC 67 161 83 19 1 3 . . . 334
Human Services 4265 8365 6442 6454 2678 2384 1765 499 . 32852
Industry, Innovation and Science 3342 391 304 70 38 81 21 11 5 4263
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 3 . 2 . . 111 . . . 116
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities 847 19 3 5 1 12 3 1 7 898
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 88 . 2 13 3 4 . . 1 111
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 6 2 . . . . . . . 8
- National Capital Authority 71 . . . . . . . . 71
Jobs and Small Business 1764 143 66 80 48 30 14 10 . 2155
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 1 10 . . . . . . . 11
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 6 22 76 15 10 16 2 1 . 148
- Comcare 432 25 148 20 12 16 . . . 653
- Fair Work Commission 7 46 196 19 10 11 3 2 . 294
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 49 232 292 106 75 37 29 3 . 823
- Safe Work Australia 109 . . . . . . . . 109
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1547 105 27 111 47 91 8 216 . 2152
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 51 49 4 107 17 76 . 167 . 471
- Australian National Audit Office 349 . . . . . . . . 349
- Australian Public Service Commission 210 18 5 4 1 5 . . . 243
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 130 13 14 19 26 3 . . . 205
- Digital Transformation Agency 217 17 . . . . . . . 234
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 22 . . . . . . . . 22
- Office of National Assessments 192 . . . . . . . . 192
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 158 . . . . . 158
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . 25 . . . . . . . 25
Social Services 1939 94 76 66 49 45 31 18 . 2318
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . 90 . . . . . . 90
- National Disability Insurance Agency 87 747 896 460 216 95 49 72 . 2622
Treasury 1262 29 14 . . 3 . . 11 1319
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1141 178 711 182 198 164 102 18 . 2694
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 321 139 399 74 48 26 6 5 . 1018
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission 18 753 749 163 40 104 17 1 . 1845
- Australian Taxation Office 2802 5964 4854 3311 1767 916 665 2 . 20281
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 28 . . . . . . . 28
- Productivity Commission 46 . 110 . . . . . . 156
Veterans' Affairs 623 276 266 399 139 96 61 13 . 1873
- Australian War Memorial 322 . . . . . . . . 322
All 57115 27870 25531 16955 8979 6963 3694 2016 1471 150594

Source: APSED

Last reviewed: 
25 September 2018