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Table 19: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 30 June 2016

Agency by temporary assignment classification
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
Source: APSED
Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.
Agriculture and Water Resources . . . 129 153 96 98 75 10 1 . 562
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . . . 5 6 . 1 . . 12
- APVMA . . . . 1 2 2 3 . . . 8
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . 1 1 9 15 10 3 1 . 40
Attorney-General's . . 1 6 20 14 38 24 11 4 1 119
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 7 15 16 16 14 3 . . 71
- ACLEI . . . 1 . 1 1 . . . . 3
- AUSTRAC . . . 1 7 3 5 5 1 1 . 23
- Australian Crime Commission . . 1 4 21 20 26 18 9 2 . 101
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 3 11 25 20 17 4 2 . . 82
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 6 2 4 5 . . . 17
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Commonwealth DPP . . 3 6 2 2 2 14 7 2 . 38
- CrimTrac Agency . . . 1 4 3 2 . . . . 10
- Family Court and Federal Circuit Court . . 6 18 20 6 1 1 1 . . 53
- Federal Court of Australia . . 1 6 6 11 9 3 1 2 . 39
- National Archives of Australia . 4 8 11 16 17 16 7 1 . . 80
- OAIC . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . 1 . . 1 . 2 . . 4
Communications and the Arts . . . . 7 18 18 6 2 . . 51
- ACMA . . . . 6 7 13 11 2 1 . 40
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 1 3 4 . . . . 8
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 3 6 5 3 1 . . . 18
- National Library of Australia . . 6 14 14 14 9 7 . . . 64
- National Museum of Australia . . 2 4 6 7 8 3 1 . . 31
- National Portrait Gallery . . 1 . 1 3 . . . . . 5
- Old Parliament House . . . . 2 . . . . . . 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Defence . 21 92 207 367 619 738 348 41 6 . 2439
- Defence Housing Australia . . . 6 19 5 12 7 . . . 49
Education and Training . 1 . 10 46 44 95 82 18 5 1 302
- AIATSIS . . . 3 2 4 2 1 1 . . 13
- Australian Research Council . . . . 2 5 4 4 1 . . 16
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . 2 3 7 13 3 . . . 28
- TEQSA . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
Employment . . . 15 29 31 80 52 16 5 1 229
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- Comcare . . 8 24 25 34 26 14 . . . 131
- Fair Work Commission . . . . 8 3 8 2 . . . 21
- OFWBII . . . 2 3 1 . 1 . . . 7
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 6 29 49 25 10 3 . . 122
- Safe Work Australia . . . . 1 1 2 1 . . . 5
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . 1 . 2 1 . . . . 4
Environment . . 6 17 50 52 108 50 2 . . 285
- Bureau of Meteorology . . 4 3 31 68 115 83 9 3 . 316
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . 2 3 11 11 7 2 1 . 37
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . 2 2 . 1 . . 5
- GBRMPA . 1 1 5 5 8 9 2 . . . 31
Finance . 3 6 10 24 41 48 38 18 3 1 192
- Australian Electoral Commission . . 20 17 13 68 15 14 3 1 . 151
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . . 8 8 27 42 47 48 5 1 186
- ACIAR . . . . 2 1 . . . . . 3
- AUSTRADE . . . . 3 2 11 13 7 4 . 40
Health . . 3 30 103 142 237 143 26 9 3 696
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . 1 . 2 1 . . . . 4
- ACSQHC . . . . . 4 6 2 . . . 12
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . . 2 4 6 11 10 2 . . 35
- ARPANSA . . 3 . 1 4 4 5 . . . 17
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . 1 1 3 . . . . 5
- Cancer Australia . . . . . 1 2 1 . . . 4
- FSANZ . . . . 1 1 2 1 2 . . 7
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority . . . . 1 1 4 1 1 . . 8
- National Blood Authority . . . . 2 4 3 1 . . . 10
- NHMRC . . . 1 5 5 11 4 . . . 26
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . . . . . . .
- National Health Performance Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . 1 1 2 . . . 4
- Professional Services Review . . . . 1 2 . . . . . 3
Human Services 3 5 54 148 1721 1596 735 276 38 7 1 4584
Immigration and Border Protection . 1 8 229 634 629 490 193 41 13 2 2240
Industry, Innovation and Science . . . 10 82 124 186 103 17 3 2 527
- NOPSEMA . . . . . . . . . . . .
Infrastructure and Regional Development . . . 3 11 23 50 47 17 2 . 153
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 3 1 . 2 . . 6
- National Capital Authority . . . 1 . 3 2 1 1 . . 8
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . 2 6 49 77 106 79 23 10 1 353
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 3 11 . 2 2 4 1 . . . 23
- ANAO . . 1 2 1 4 6 . 3 . . 17
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . . 7 7 9 5 . . . 28
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . 2 7 7 10 3 1 . . 30
- Digital Transformation Office . . . . 1 . 2 1 . . . 4
- OIGIS . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Office of National Assessments . . . . 4 2 2 3 3 . . 14
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 2 1 3 4 2 1 . . . 13
Social Services . 1 3 11 45 75 107 64 17 2 . 325
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . . 1 2 2 . . 5
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 2 16 42 37 59 27 11 1 . 195
Treasury . . 11 4 23 24 27 13 4 1 . 107
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . . 2 20 111 140 104 35 2 . . 414
- ACCC . . . 8 5 25 33 15 6 1 . 93
- ASIC . 6 . 28 2 46 57 51 21 . . 211
- Australian Taxation Office . 1 17 200 278 329 291 148 8 2 1 1275
- Productivity Commission . . . . 2 . 1 5 2 . 1 11
Veterans' Affairs . 3 10 30 110 122 75 37 7 1 . 395
- Australian War Memorial . . 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 . . 14
Total 3 50 299 1316 4273 4829 4331 2273 485 99 16 17974
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018