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Table 52: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2014-15 and 2015-16

Agency by type of separation
Agency Resignation Age retirement Retrenchment Physical or mental incapacity Termination of appointment Compulsory move to non-APS agency Deceased Total
2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016
Source: APSED
Note: age retirements include resignations after age 55.
Agriculture and Water Resources 90 86 23 28 103 56 6 8 . 5 . . 2 2 224 185
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 14 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . 4 17
- APVMA 3 5 2 4 1 1 1 2 . . . . . . 7 12
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 12 7 5 5 10 12 . 1 . . . . . . 27 25
Attorney-General's 54 120 4 20 41 81 1 . . . . . . 2 100 223
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 5 18 4 9 . 15 . . 1 . . . . . 10 42
- ACLEI 1 2 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 2 3
- AUSTRAC 10 20 1 5 6 5 1 1 . . . . . . 18 31
- Australian Crime Commission 18 20 4 3 19 6 1 1 1 . . . . 1 43 31
- Australian Financial Security Authority 18 23 7 6 8 3 . 1 . 1 . . . . 33 34
- Australian Human Rights Commission 6 12 1 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . 10 14
- Australian Law Reform Commission 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
- Commonwealth DPP 30 28 9 6 30 31 . . . . . . . . 69 65
- CrimTrac Agency 19 13 . . 7 2 1 . . . . . . . 27 15
- Family Court and Federal Circuit Court 15 35 13 21 3 2 . . . 2 . . . . 31 60
- Federal Court of Australia 11 11 5 6 14 13 2 1 . . . . 1 . 33 31
- National Archives of Australia 10 11 11 7 . . . . . 1 . . . . 21 19
- OAIC 10 11 1 . 7 2 . . . . . . . . 18 13
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 1 4 4 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . 6 7
Communications and the Arts 17 20 2 3 60 23 2 . . 1 . . . . 81 47
- ACMA 12 17 1 . 27 19 . . . 2 . . 1 1 41 39
- Australian National Maritime Museum 5 7 1 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . 6 11
- National Film and Sound Archive 10 3 2 2 12 24 . . . 1 . . . . 24 30
- National Library of Australia 16 17 11 17 3 3 . 2 . 1 . . . . 30 40
- National Museum of Australia 5 5 1 3 2 1 . . . . . . . . 8 9
- National Portrait Gallery 2 2 2 . . 2 . . . . . . . . 4 4
- Old Parliament House 7 4 . 1 . 2 . . . . . . . . 7 7
- Screen Australia . 2 . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . 3 4
Defence 652 646 396 391 247 673 31 50 13 18 . . 24 15 1363 1793
- Defence Housing Australia 28 26 6 5 65 5 1 . . . . . . 1 100 37
Education and Training 37 44 5 12 193 35 2 1 2 3 . . . 1 239 96
- AIATSIS 1 4 1 1 8 . . . . . . . . . 10 5
- Australian Research Council 4 6 . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . 8 9
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 4 9 2 6 . . . . . . . . 1 . 7 15
- TEQSA 10 8 1 1 11 4 . 1 . . . . . . 22 14
Employment 53 58 15 10 32 39 2 1 1 5 . . 2 2 105 115
- Comcare 24 29 5 8 14 3 . 2 . 1 . . 1 . 44 43
- Fair Work Commission 11 14 1 . . 18 1 . . . . . . . 13 32
- OFWBII 9 13 3 2 . . . . 4 1 . . . . 16 16
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 31 34 6 8 3 4 1 . 1 . . . 1 . 43 46
- Safe Work Australia 4 3 4 4 4 4 . . . . . . . . 12 11
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 3 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Environment 43 57 7 11 206 70 . 4 1 1 . . 1 1 258 144
- Bureau of Meteorology 46 44 33 35 9 7 4 . 2 1 . . . 1 94 88
- Clean Energy Regulator 17 20 3 4 8 1 . . . 1 . . . . 28 26
- Climate Change Authority 7 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 7 3
- GBRMPA 5 7 2 1 9 . . . . . . . . 1 16 9
Finance 57 58 10 21 7 18 1 1 . . . . . 1 75 99
- Australian Electoral Commission 25 35 29 46 26 8 2 . . 3 . . 3 . 85 92
- Future Fund Management Agency 11 8 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 11 9
Foreign Affairs and Trade 95 76 18 29 178 21 1 3 2 6 . . 4 3 298 138
- ACIAR 1 . . 2 5 1 . . . . . . . . 6 3
- AUSTRADE 19 30 3 9 13 13 1 . 1 . . . . . 37 52
Health 109 139 39 42 29 95 7 2 1 2 . . 2 1 187 281
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency 7 6 4 11 . 35 1 . . . . . . . 12 52
- ACSQHC 3 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 5
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 11 13 6 7 . . . . . . . . . . 17 20
- ARPANSA 4 2 1 2 4 5 . . . . . . . . 9 9
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 2 1 . . 9 6 . . . . . . . . 11 7
- Cancer Australia 12 4 3 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . 15 8
- FSANZ 1 3 4 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . 6 4
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2 7 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 8
- National Blood Authority 1 4 . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 3 4
- NHMRC 11 8 7 4 6 6 . . . . . . 1 . 25 18
- National Health Funding Body 1 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
- National Health Performance Authority 8 6 . . . 8 . . . . . . . . 8 14
- National Mental Health Commission . 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
- Organ and Tissue Authority 1 1 . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . 2 4
- Professional Services Review 1 . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . 2 3
Human Services 705 715 642 609 63 138 112 99 52 52 . . 23 25 1597 1638
Immigration and Border Protection 165 344 100 184 48 101 11 14 6 10 . . 4 7 334 660
Industry, Innovation and Science 124 134 45 42 129 86 7 1 4 3 . . 3 4 312 270
- NOPSEMA 7 . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . 8 2
Infrastructure and Regional Development 44 56 17 27 20 32 2 . 3 1 . . 1 1 87 117
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 4 7 . 2 4 3 . . . . . . . . 8 12
- National Capital Authority 7 6 1 . 5 . . . . . . . . . 13 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 80 81 19 15 164 119 1 2 1 7 . . 1 1 266 225
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 12 15 16 14 13 8 . 1 4 . . . 2 . 47 38
- ANAO 22 27 5 6 . 2 . . . . . . 1 . 28 35
- Australian Public Service Commission 7 12 2 2 . 5 . . 1 . . . 1 . 11 19
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 5 10 . 2 9 6 . . . . . . . . 14 18
- OIGIS 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
- Office of National Assessments 7 10 3 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . 10 14
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4
Social Services 67 65 16 15 263 92 5 5 2 4 . . 1 1 354 182
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 3 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
- National Disability Insurance Agency 34 35 6 11 2 3 . . 2 1 . . . 1 44 51
Treasury 27 57 1 10 98 8 . . 3 . . . . . 129 75
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 81 80 16 25 32 51 4 1 4 3 . . . . 137 160
- ACCC 32 30 . 2 7 3 . . . . . . . . 39 35
- ASIC 66 69 6 9 59 29 . . 3 1 . . 1 1 135 109
- Australian Taxation Office 243 305 85 104 2060 706 70 60 18 21 . . 14 15 2490 1211
- National Competition Council . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 .
- Productivity Commission 7 11 2 2 4 2 . . . . . . . . 13 15
Veterans' Affairs 36 49 52 70 14 35 4 9 3 2 . . . 2 109 167
- Australian War Memorial 7 11 6 4 13 1 1 . . 1 . . . . 27 17
ComSuper (NC) 18 1 2 . 28 . 2 . . . . 299 . . 50 300
Customs & Border Protection (NC) 111 1 71 2 39 3 14 1 3 . . . 2 . 240 7
MRT - RRT (NC) 19 . 3 . 14 . . . 1 . . . . . 37 .
National Water Commission (NC) . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 15 .
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman (NC) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Australian Institute of Criminology (NC) 2 . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . . . . 4 2
TUSMA (NC) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Total 3709 4095 1852 1998 4557 2837 305 275 141 163 . 299 98 92 10662 9759
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018