Agency | Ongoing employees | Ongoing employees | % retained | % not retained |
at 31 December 2017 | retained at 31 December 2018 | |||
AIATSIS | 113 | 95 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
AUSTRAC | 289 | 235 | 81.3 | 18.7 |
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. | 175 | 122 | 69.7 | 30.3 |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 460 | 392 | 85.2 | 14.8 |
Agriculture and Water Resources | 4583 | 4156 | 90.7 | 9.3 |
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | 8 | 4 | 50 | 50 |
Attorney-General's | 1242 | 1033 | 83.2 | 16.8 |
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency | 234 | 209 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
Australian Building and Construction Commission | 129 | 107 | 82.9 | 17.1 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics | 2308 | 2060 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | 29 | 20 | 69 | 31 |
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | 40 | 31 | 77.5 | 22.5 |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | 75 | 59 | 78.7 | 21.3 |
Australian Communications and Media Authority | 384 | 327 | 85.2 | 14.8 |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 867 | 807 | 93.1 | 6.9 |
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | 787 | 672 | 85.4 | 14.6 |
Australian Digital Health Agency | 35 | 28 | 80 | 20 |
Australian Electoral Commission | 770 | 606 | 78.7 | 21.3 |
Australian Financial Security Authority | 477 | 403 | 84.5 | 15.5 |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority | 167 | 146 | 87.4 | 12.6 |
Australian Human Rights Commission | 93 | 80 | 86 | 14 |
Australian Institute of Family Studies | 37 | 34 | 91.9 | 8.1 |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 339 | 301 | 88.8 | 11.2 |
Australian Law Reform Commission | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 58.3 |
Australian National Audit Office | 305 | 242 | 79.3 | 20.7 |
Australian National Maritime Museum | 90 | 82 | 91.1 | 8.9 |
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | 188 | 123 | 65.4 | 34.6 |
Australian Public Service Commission | 186 | 136 | 73.1 | 26.9 |
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | 125 | 115 | 92 | 8 |
Australian Research Council | 132 | 114 | 86.4 | 13.6 |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 1606 | 1437 | 89.5 | 10.5 |
Australian Skills Quality Authority | 142 | 109 | 76.8 | 23.2 |
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority | 45 | 37 | 82.2 | 17.8 |
Australian Taxation Office | 18342 | 16900 | 92.1 | 7.9 |
Australian Trade and Investment Commission | 528 | 451 | 85.4 | 14.6 |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau | 92 | 75 | 81.5 | 18.5 |
Australian War Memorial | 256 | 227 | 88.7 | 11.3 |
Bureau of Meteorology | 1426 | 1326 | 93 | 7 |
Cancer Australia | 56 | 45 | 80.4 | 19.6 |
Clean Energy Regulator | 323 | 266 | 82.4 | 17.6 |
Climate Change Authority | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 22.2 |
Comcare | 619 | 542 | 87.6 | 12.4 |
Commonwealth Ombudsman | 191 | 160 | 83.8 | 16.2 |
Communications and the Arts | 538 | 442 | 82.2 | 17.8 |
Defence | 16546 | 14896 | 90 | 10 |
Defence Housing Australia | 617 | 542 | 87.8 | 12.2 |
Digital Transformation Agency | 203 | 152 | 74.9 | 25.1 |
Education and Training | 1814 | 1534 | 84.6 | 15.4 |
Environment and Energy | 2122 | 1867 | 88 | 12 |
Fair Work Commission | 225 | 199 | 88.4 | 11.6 |
Federal Court Statutory Agency | 830 | 727 | 87.6 | 12.4 |
Finance | 1376 | 1143 | 83.1 | 16.9 |
Food Standards Australia New Zealand | 92 | 80 | 87 | 13 |
Foreign Affairs and Trade | 3736 | 3461 | 92.6 | 7.4 |
Future Fund Management Agency | 144 | 124 | 86.1 | 13.9 |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 189 | 173 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
Health | 4117 | 3665 | 89 | 11 |
Home Affairs | 13512 | 12334 | 91.3 | 8.7 |
Human Services | 30435 | 27799 | 91.3 | 8.7 |
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | 52 | 42 | 80.8 | 19.2 |
Industry, Innovation and Science | 3915 | 3386 | 86.5 | 13.5 |
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 16.7 |
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities | 840 | 690 | 82.1 | 17.9 |
Jobs and Small Business | 2069 | 1824 | 88.2 | 11.8 |
Murray Darling Basin Authority | 270 | 245 | 90.7 | 9.3 |
National Archives of Australia | 322 | 290 | 90.1 | 9.9 |
National Blood Authority | 50 | 46 | 92 | 8 |
National Capital Authority | 48 | 43 | 89.6 | 10.4 |
National Disability Insurance Agency | 1703 | 1541 | 90.5 | 9.5 |
National Film and Sound Archive | 149 | 132 | 88.6 | 11.4 |
National Health Funding Body | 15 | 12 | 80 | 20 |
National Health and Medical Research Council | 186 | 162 | 87.1 | 12.9 |
National Library of Australia | 374 | 336 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
National Mental Health Commission | 15 | 12 | 80 | 20 |
National Museum of Australia | 213 | 176 | 82.6 | 17.4 |
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority | 105 | 95 | 90.5 | 9.5 |
National Portrait Gallery | 39 | 32 | 82.1 | 17.9 |
Office of National Intelligence | 152 | 133 | 87.5 | 12.5 |
Office of Parliamentary Counsel | 104 | 89 | 85.6 | 14.4 |
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | 75 | 59 | 78.7 | 21.3 |
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 393 | 328 | 83.5 | 16.5 |
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | 762 | 704 | 92.4 | 7.6 |
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | 16 | 15 | 93.8 | 6.3 |
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation | 28 | 25 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
Old Parliament House | 63 | 53 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
Organ and Tissue Authority | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 40.9 |
Prime Minister and Cabinet | 2060 | 1628 | 79 | 21 |
Productivity Commission | 145 | 122 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
Professional Services Review | 18 | 16 | 88.9 | 11.1 |
Safe Work Australia | 95 | 68 | 71.6 | 28.4 |
Screen Australia | 7 | 7 | 100 | 0 |
Social Services | 2180 | 1865 | 85.6 | 14.4 |
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | 51 | 42 | 82.4 | 17.6 |
Torres Strait Regional Authority | 48 | 42 | 87.5 | 12.5 |
Treasury | 1158 | 984 | 85 | 15 |
Veterans' Affairs | 1734 | 1458 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
Workplace Gender Equality Agency | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 26.1 |
Source: APSED | ||||
* Employees affected by machinery-of-government (MoG) changes during 2018 are not included in this table. | ||||
* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2018. Appendixes A1 and A2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data. |
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Table 35: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 31 December 2017 to 31 December 2018 *
Last reviewed:
29 March 2019