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Table 31: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2015 and 2016 *

Agency Classification Total
Trainee & Graduate APS EL SES
2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Source: APSED

* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2015-2016. Appendixes 4 and 5 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.
Agriculture and Water Resources 28 3 131 309 9 48 . 3 168 363
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1 2 4 15 . 1 . . 5 18
- APVMA . . 19 24 3 8 . . 22 32
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 9 12 9 24 3 3 . 2 21 41
Attorney-General's 47 38 319 149 203 13 128 1 697 201
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 34 2 3 . . 3 37
- ACLEI . . 2 2 3 3 . . 5 5
- AUSTRAC . 1 18 21 4 17 . . 22 39
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 17 27 20 20 2 1 39 48
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 95 40 7 9 . 1 102 50
- Australian Human Rights Commission 4 . 9 9 . 1 . . 13 10
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 3 . . . 3
- Commonwealth DPP . . 33 93 . 13 1 . 34 106
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 34 80 10 18 . 1 44 99
- National Archives of Australia . . 11 2 3 . . . 14 2
- OAIC . . 14 13 . 3 . . 14 16
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . 6 7 3 1 . . 9 8
Communications and the Arts 6 8 17 35 3 10 . 2 26 55
- ACMA . . 1 23 6 6 . . 7 29
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . 9 3 8 2 . . 17 5
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 8 10 . 8 . 1 8 19
- National Library of Australia 1 2 24 11 1 1 . . 26 14
- National Museum of Australia . . 6 3 . 3 . . 6 6
- National Portrait Gallery . . 5 . . 2 . . 5 2
- Old Parliament House . . 9 7 3 2 . . 12 9
Defence 254 311 127 438 16 74 1 2 398 825
- Defence Housing Australia . . 90 101 30 20 . . 120 121
Education and Training 32 49 25 80 . 9 2 1 59 139
- AIATSIS . . 53 13 10 3 . . 63 16
- Australian Research Council . . 5 12 . 4 . . 5 16
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 8 13 2 3 . . 10 16
- TEQSA . . 5 1 1 . . . 6 1
Employment 33 52 43 79 9 17 1 1 86 149
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 1 . . . . . 1
- Comcare 4 5 44 65 4 8 2 . 54 78
- Fair Work Commission . . 3 31 1 4 . . 4 35
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 9 5 44 44 7 1 . . 60 50
- Safe Work Australia . 5 2 5 1 1 . . 3 11
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 2 4 1 1 . . 3 5
Environment 18 28 47 169 8 10 . 2 73 209
- Bureau of Meteorology 22 14 15 47 12 39 . . 49 100
- Clean Energy Regulator 4 5 21 42 . 6 . . 25 53
- GBRMPA . . 9 21 . . . . 9 21
Finance 25 20 40 74 4 13 . 1 69 108
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 81 68 9 11 1 . 91 84
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 22 29 7 4 . . 29 33
Foreign Affairs and Trade 42 36 23 80 3 22 . 1 68 139
- ACIAR . . . 7 . 1 . . . 8
- AUSTRADE 1 . 9 27 11 29 4 3 25 59
Health 39 42 87 453 17 78 4 4 147 577
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . 3 7 1 . . . 4 7
- ACSQHC . . 1 2 11 7 . 1 12 10
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 4 8 16 16 1 2 . . 21 26
- ARPANSA . . 4 4 2 8 . 1 6 13
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . 1 4 1 . . . 2 4
- Cancer Australia . . 4 11 2 4 . . 6 15
- FSANZ . . 2 2 4 1 . . 6 3
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority . . 7 . 5 . . . 12 .
- National Blood Authority . . 4 6 . 3 . . 4 9
- NHMRC . . 8 16 3 1 . . 11 17
- National Health Funding Body . . . 2 1 1 . . 1 3
- National Mental Health Commission . . . 2 . 3 . 1 . 6
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . 2 . . 2 . . 2 2
- Professional Services Review . . 2 1 1 . . . 3 1
Human Services 268 274 454 2288 11 26 4 3 737 2591
Immigration and Border Protection 134 223 248 889 19 73 9 6 410 1191
Industry, Innovation and Science 51 79 167 290 43 49 1 2 262 420
- NOPSEMA . . 7 2 1 . . 1 8 3
Infrastructure and Regional Development 29 34 36 54 7 15 2 1 74 104
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . 9 7 4 6 . . 13 13
- National Capital Authority . . 2 10 1 5 . . 3 15
Prime Minister and Cabinet 32 30 65 59 29 20 1 3 127 112
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 1 2 2 48 1 5 . . 4 55
- ANAO 17 22 6 28 2 5 . 1 25 56
- Australian Public Service Commission . . 8 5 3 4 . . 11 9
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . 12 25 2 3 . . 14 28
- Digital Transformation Office . . . 5 . 4 . . . 9
- OIGIS . . 1 1 1 . . . 2 1
- Office of National Assessments . . 2 5 3 5 . . 5 10
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 2 4 . . . . 2 4
Social Services 63 68 24 117 4 15 . . 91 200
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 6 . . . 7
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 2 127 325 25 48 3 11 155 386
Treasury 22 41 8 65 4 18 2 4 36 128
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 110 79 3 84 1 7 . 1 114 171
- ACCC 15 32 28 31 12 8 . 1 55 72
- ASIC 16 17 91 117 36 43 . . 143 177
- Australian Taxation Office 178 32 273 991 5 40 7 4 463 1067
- Productivity Commission 5 7 2 3 1 3 . . 8 13
Veterans' Affairs 15 17 31 72 4 6 1 1 51 96
- Australian War Memorial . . 18 29 3 6 . . 21 35
Customs & Border Protection (NC) 29 . 49 . 1 . 1 . 80 .
MRT - RRT (NC) . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
CrimTrac Agency (NC) 2 4 9 10 3 6 . . 14 20
Australian Institute of Criminology (NC) . . 4 . 2 . . . 6 .
National Health Performance Authority (NC) . . . . 8 . . . 8 .
OFWBII (NC) 1 . 20 11 4 . 2 1 27 12
Total 1571 1614 3370 8494 716 1014 179 70 5836 11192
Last reviewed: 
10 May 2018