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Table 44: *Ongoing employees: agency by operative status (including maternity related leave) and gender, 30 June 2019
Agency Men Women
Operative Inoperative Total Operative Inoperative Maternity Total
Agriculture 2134 29 2163 2193 93 8 2294
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 79 . 79 71 2 2 75
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 77 . 77 112 . 1 113
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 129 3 132 135 5 9 149
Attorney-General's 371 7 378 803 14 53 870
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 165 2 167 297 2 17 316
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 3 . 3 8 . . 8
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 21 1 22 16 . 3 19
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 64 1 65 52 1 6 59
- Australian Financial Security Authority 178 . 178 247 2 14 263
- Australian Human Rights Commission 24 . 24 72 2 3 77
- Australian Law Reform Commission 1 . 1 2 1 . 3
- Comcare 201 5 206 306 9 34 349
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 65 . 65 136 2 8 146
- Fair Work Commission 82 . 82 131 3 23 157
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 191 3 194 569 10 8 587
- National Archives of Australia 122 2 124 165 2 5 172
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 12 . 12 57 3 5 65
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 122 5 127 238 4 12 254
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 286 4 290 458 5 24 487
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 13 . 13 18 . 1 19
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 38 1 39 55 3 2 60
- Safe Work Australia 29 . 29 70 2 . 72
Communications and the Arts 182 4 186 328 3 20 351
- Australian Communications and Media Authority 182 2 184 221 3 11 235
- Australian National Maritime Museum 45 . 45 39 . 1 40
- National Film and Sound Archive 67 . 67 73 . 5 78
- National Library of Australia 98 2 100 235 7 5 247
- National Museum of Australia 60 2 62 141 5 3 149
- National Portrait Gallery 12 . 12 27 . 1 28
- Old Parliament House 24 . 24 30 2 2 34
- Screen Australia 3 . 3 4 . . 4
Defence 9197 82 9279 7105 60 218 7383
- Defence Housing Australia 209 1 210 370 4 33 407
Education 592 15 607 1173 35 6 1214
- Australian Research Council 39 . 39 88 2 2 92
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency 20 . 20 51 . 2 53
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 895 16 911 1125 26 4 1155
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 58 . 58 115 4 1 120
Environment and Energy 888 15 903 1150 26 48 1224
- Bureau of Meteorology 934 5 939 454 9 8 471
- Clean Energy Regulator 158 2 160 136 3 5 144
- Climate Change Authority 3 . 3 5 . . 5
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 77 . 77 128 1 5 134
Finance 582 9 591 699 12 27 738
- Australian Electoral Commission 216 3 219 501 7 11 519
- Future Fund Management Agency 70 . 70 69 . 5 74
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 20 . 20 28 . 1 29
Foreign Affairs and Trade 1478 48 1526 2014 57 98 2169
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 8 . 8 26 . 2 28
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 232 3 235 274 6 16 296
Health 1270 34 1304 2574 111 121 2806
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 107 . 107 309 12 8 329
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 18 . 18 49 1 4 54
- Australian Digital Health Agency 22 . 22 30 . . 30
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 113 2 115 240 12 7 259
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 65 1 66 53 . 2 55
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 26 . 26 27 . 1 28
- Cancer Australia 7 . 7 48 5 1 54
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 28 . 28 61 1 2 64
- National Blood Authority 14 . 14 38 . 2 40
- National Health and Medical Research Council 55 1 56 129 3 13 145
- National Health Funding Body 7 . 7 12 2 . 14
- National Mental Health Commission 5 . 5 17 . 1 18
- Organ and Tissue Authority 6 . 6 17 . 1 18
- Professional Services Review 7 . 7 15 . . 15
Home Affairs 6051 128 6179 6581 173 339 7093
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 377 . 377 344 3 14 361
- AUSTRAC 151 2 153 190 2 5 197
Industry, Innovation and Science 1946 43 1989 1848 41 50 1939
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 57 1 58 40 3 1 44
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 421 10 431 499 12 18 529
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 60 . 60 33 1 1 35
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 6 . 6 5 . . 5
- National Capital Authority 21 . 21 30 1 2 33
Prime Minister and Cabinet 630 22 652 1232 58 61 1351
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 48 . 48 63 . 5 68
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 55 1 56 56 4 . 60
- Australian National Audit Office 147 1 148 188 3 5 196
- Australian Public Service Commission 49 2 51 132 6 . 138
- Office of National Intelligence 102 4 106 108 2 6 116
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 15 . 15 38 . . 38
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 3 . 3 18 . . 18
Services Australia 7969 66 8035 19124 139 757 20020
- Digital Transformation Agency 102 . 102 120 6 . 126
Social Services 765 17 782 1566 65 44 1675
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 7 . 7 24 . 3 27
- National Disability Insurance Agency 648 7 655 1849 34 65 1948
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 47 . 47 132 2 1 135
Treasury 581 28 609 528 19 19 566
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1063 10 1073 1119 21 52 1192
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 463 8 471 564 15 33 612
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission 709 3 712 918 7 56 981
- Australian Taxation Office 7319 81 7400 9046 162 342 9550
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 20 . 20 9 . 2 11
- Productivity Commission 75 . 75 77 4 4 85
Veterans' Affairs 564 6 570 989 12 37 1038
- Australian War Memorial 125 1 126 137 6 2 145
Total 53102 751 53853 74046 1385 2865 78296

Source: APSED

* For definitions of operative status and maternity-related leave, see Appendix 1

Last reviewed: 
27 September 2019