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Table 50: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2018 and 2019 *

Table 50: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2018 and 2019 *
Agency Classification Total
Trainee & Graduate APS EL SES
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Agriculture 7 39 157 306 20 31 1 . 185 376
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 2 10 7 1 2 . . 13 11
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 41 34 3 15 1 . 45 49
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 7 6 6 1 4 6 1 . 18 13
Attorney-General's 33 39 73 110 12 23 2 4 120 176
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 62 55 4 7 . . 66 62
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . 2 2 1 1 . . 3 3
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . 2 2 5 1 . . 7 3
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 17 14 2 2 . . 19 16
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 41 33 1 5 . . 42 38
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . 9 6 6 11 . . 15 17
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 2
- Comcare 3 4 18 25 6 5 1 . 28 34
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . 1 10 32 7 3 . . 17 36
- Fair Work Commission . . 29 31 4 . . . 33 31
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 38 42 39 28 2 3 79 73
- National Archives of Australia . . 17 25 3 . . . 20 25
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . 10 24 1 11 . . 11 35
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 36 51 1 2 . 1 37 54
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 66 75 1 5 . . 67 80
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . 1 . 1 5 . 1 2 6
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . 4 5 . . . . 4 5
- Safe Work Australia 1 6 3 3 1 3 . . 5 12
Communications and the Arts 15 13 22 28 7 9 . 1 44 51
- Australian Communications and Media Authority 2 6 26 22 15 13 1 2 44 43
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . 2 6 . 4 . . 2 10
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 8 9 4 1 . . 12 10
- National Library of Australia 2 1 11 9 2 3 . . 15 13
- National Museum of Australia . . 13 21 2 6 . . 15 27
- National Portrait Gallery . . 6 7 . . . . 6 7
Defence 404 224 905 997 142 134 5 6 1456 1361
- Defence Housing Australia . . 50 42 10 6 . 2 60 50
Education 32 40 54 93 11 12 . 3 97 148
- Australian Research Council . . 10 11 . . . . 10 11
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . 12 15 3 4 . . 15 19
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 29 21 48 108 7 13 1 . 85 142
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 47 18 10 5 1 . 58 23
Environment and Energy 22 28 48 132 15 29 . 1 85 190
- Bureau of Meteorology 5 7 46 48 23 37 2 1 76 93
- Clean Energy Regulator 8 6 21 31 3 3 1 . 33 40
- Climate Change Authority . . . 2 . 1 . . . 3
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . 14 18 5 5 . . 19 23
Finance 19 31 59 64 7 8 . 2 85 105
- Australian Electoral Commission 5 2 108 37 12 8 . . 125 47
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 16 26 3 7 . . 19 33
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 4 2 . 1 . . 4 3
Foreign Affairs and Trade 39 45 18 37 19 26 1 . 77 108
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . 9 4 2 . . . 11 4
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . 18 32 13 19 3 2 34 53
Health 16 29 287 152 60 47 3 3 366 231
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . 42 . 4 . . . 46
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . 1 2 8 8 . . 9 10
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . 2 1 5 . 1 1 8
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 17 9 15 11 14 5 . . 46 25
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 3 6 5 5 . . 8 11
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . 2 15 3 3 1 . 6 18
- Cancer Australia . . 9 15 1 1 . . 10 16
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . 5 3 1 3 . . 6 6
- National Blood Authority . . 2 2 . 1 . . 2 3
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . 7 20 1 5 . . 8 25
- National Health Funding Body . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2
- National Mental Health Commission . . 4 . . 2 . . 4 2
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2
- Professional Services Review . . 3 1 1 1 . . 4 2
Home Affairs 221 168 433 409 56 45 15 3 725 625
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . 1 48 59 21 29 3 2 72 91
- AUSTRAC . 1 35 36 5 8 1 1 41 46
Industry, Innovation and Science 27 33 223 305 41 72 1 . 292 410
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . 3 . 3 1 . . 6 1
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 24 21 27 55 16 14 3 2 70 92
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . 17 4 . 1 . . 17 5
- National Capital Authority . . 9 4 1 7 . . 10 11
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Prime Minister and Cabinet 34 26 82 74 26 30 5 3 147 133
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 4 5 1 1 . 1 5 7
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . 4 12 1 . . . 5 12
- Australian National Audit Office 31 33 16 11 9 4 3 . 59 48
- Australian Public Service Commission 6 5 7 26 2 5 . . 15 36
- Office of National Intelligence . . 8 16 18 16 2 2 28 34
- Old Parliament House . . 6 4 1 . . . 7 4
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 1 4 1 4 . . 2 8
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 1 8 2 1 . . 3 9
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . . 14 . 11 . 2 . 27
Services Australia 317 115 832 380 32 32 . 6 1181 533
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 22 18 7 7 1 . 30 25
Social Services 69 55 65 185 37 36 4 2 175 278
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 3 . 1 . . . 4
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 567 721 17 98 3 . 587 819
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . 9 74 15 36 2 1 26 111
Treasury 42 36 30 56 10 19 3 3 85 114
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 49 67 137 2 8 . 1 96 195
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 41 52 75 87 22 38 1 1 139 178
- Australian Taxation Office 245 193 246 117 19 29 8 9 518 348
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . 1 . 3 2 . . 4 2
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . 2 . . . . . 2 .
- Productivity Commission 5 13 8 3 3 2 . . 16 18
Veterans' Affairs 15 12 44 148 6 21 3 1 68 182
- Australian War Memorial . . 32 19 2 1 . . 34 20
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) 20 22 124 56 55 38 . . 199 116
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (NC) . . 19 . 3 . . . 22 .
Total 1792 1394 5633 6026 970 1231 85 73 8480 8724

*Agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2018-19. Appendixes should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.