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Table 40: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 31 December 2018 to 31 December 2019 *

Table 40: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 31 December 2018 to 31 December 2019 *
Agency Ongoing employees at 31 December 2018 Ongoing employees retained at 31 December 2019 % retained % not retained
AUSTRAC 316 276 87.3 12.7
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 129 95 73.6 26.4
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 476 435 91.4 8.6
Agriculture 4420 4029 91.2 8.8
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 8 4 50.0 50.0
Attorney-General's 1204 1031 85.6 14.4
Australian Building and Construction Commission 134 103 76.9 23.1
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2195 2048 93.3 6.7
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 36 32 88.9 11.1
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 43 37 86.0 14.0
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 70 63 90.0 10.0
Australian Communications and Media Authority 397 352 88.7 11.3
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 975 896 91.9 8.1
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 772 594 76.9 23.1
Australian Digital Health Agency 47 38 80.9 19.1
Australian Electoral Commission 763 640 83.9 16.1
Australian Financial Security Authority 455 398 87.5 12.5
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 164 125 76.2 23.8
Australian Human Rights Commission 103 80 77.7 22.3
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 105 90 85.7 14.3
Australian Institute of Family Studies 35 30 85.7 14.3
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 367 332 90.5 9.5
Australian Law Reform Commission 6 3 50.0 50.0
Australian National Audit Office 334 270 80.8 19.2
Australian National Maritime Museum 84 79 94.0 6.0
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 180 101 56.1 43.9
Australian Public Service Commission 189 138 73.0 27.0
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 124 115 92.7 7.3
Australian Research Council 131 114 87.0 13.0
Australian Skills Quality Authority 179 155 86.6 13.4
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 47 41 87.2 12.8
Australian Taxation Office 17446 16141 92.5 7.5
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 524 457 87.2 12.8
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 97 86 88.7 11.3
Australian War Memorial 270 242 89.6 10.4
Bureau of Meteorology 1415 1272 89.9 10.1
Cancer Australia 57 45 78.9 21.1
Clean Energy Regulator 320 245 76.6 23.4
Climate Change Authority 10 4 40.0 60.0
Comcare 587 474 80.7 19.3
Commonwealth Ombudsman 190 152 80.0 20.0
Communications and the Arts 546 439 80.4 19.6
Defence 16523 14933 90.4 9.6
Defence Housing Australia 614 514 83.7 16.3
Digital Transformation Agency 211 178 84.4 15.6
Education 1292 1058 81.9 18.1
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 1739 1525 87.7 12.3
Environment and Energy 2043 1806 88.4 11.6
Fair Work Commission 238 202 84.9 15.1
Federal Court Statutory Agency 807 699 86.6 13.4
Finance 1319 1118 84.8 15.2
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 88 72 81.8 18.2
Foreign Affairs and Trade 3659 3411 93.2 6.8
Future Fund Management Agency 143 127 88.8 11.2
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 201 181 90.0 10.0
Health 4086 3623 88.7 11.3
Home Affairs 13417 12200 90.9 9.1
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 52 41 78.8 21.2
Industry, Innovation and Science 3846 3433 89.3 10.7
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 11 10 90.9 9.1
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 893 757 84.8 15.2
Murray Darling Basin Authority 281 241 85.8 14.2
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 87 73 83.9 16.1
National Archives of Australia 325 269 82.8 17.2
National Blood Authority 52 43 82.7 17.3
National Capital Authority 53 43 81.1 18.9
National Disability Insurance Agency 2199 1991 90.5 9.5
National Film and Sound Archive 147 120 81.6 18.4
National Health Funding Body 17 12 70.6 29.4
National Health and Medical Research Council 181 153 84.5 15.5
National Library of Australia 355 318 89.6 10.4
National Mental Health Commission 20 14 70.0 30.0
National Museum of Australia 200 180 90.0 10.0
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 102 95 93.1 6.9
National Portrait Gallery 40 30 75.0 25.0
Office of National Intelligence 199 176 88.4 11.6
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 99 90 90.9 9.1
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 72 55 76.4 23.6
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 382 335 87.7 12.3
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 786 692 88.0 12.0
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 27 19 70.4 29.6
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 29 28 96.6 3.4
Old Parliament House 62 51 82.3 17.7
Organ and Tissue Authority 17 11 64.7 35.3
Prime Minister and Cabinet 932 621 66.6 33.4
Productivity Commission 145 127 87.6 12.4
Professional Services Review 21 20 95.2 4.8
Safe Work Australia 91 67 73.6 26.4
Screen Australia 7 7 100.0 0.0
Services Australia 29088 26755 92.0 8.0
Social Services 2295 1925 83.9 16.1
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency 66 56 84.8 15.2
Torres Strait Regional Authority 48 42 87.5 12.5
Treasury 1146 984 85.9 14.1
Veterans' Affairs 1594 1362 85.4 14.6
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 21 18 85.7 14.3

Source: APSED

*Employees affected by Machinery of Government (MOG) changes during 2019 are not included in this table.