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Table 66: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 2018

Agency Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Agriculture and Water Resources . 4 1 5 30 67 48 54 39 22 4 1 . 275
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . 1 . 1 1 1 5 . . . . 9
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . . 1 2 7 2 3 . . . 15
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 1 . . . 1 2 3 3 2 . . . 13
Attorney-General's 1 3 . . 6 26 22 67 44 21 9 2 . 201
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 1 3 27 4 9 6 2 . . . 52
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . 5
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 2 10 4 2 14 9 5 . . . 46
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 1 . . 1 . . 5 3 3 . . . 13
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 1 2 1 1 . . 7
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 1 . . 6 6 1 . . . 14
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . . 2 16 16 14 13 22 10 . . . 93
- National Archives of Australia . . 1 1 4 1 3 9 3 2 1 . . 25
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 1 . 10 3 1 . . . 15
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . . . 5 9 8 13 10 2 2 1 . 50
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 3 1 1 1 . . 1 . 7
Communications and the Arts . . . 2 1 8 7 11 14 7 1 . 1 52
- Australian Communications and Media Authority . . . . . 4 3 10 15 4 2 1 . 39
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . . 3 2 . 2 . . . . 7
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . . 2 2 1 2 3 . . . . 10
- National Library of Australia . . . . 4 7 4 9 4 3 . . . 31
- National Museum of Australia . . . 3 2 4 2 8 6 6 1 . . 32
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . 3
- Old Parliament House . . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . . 6
Defence 56 61 12 99 169 327 529 907 722 314 23 9 6 3234
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 8 13 11 16 10 5 1 . . 64
Education and Training 1 . . . 3 13 21 46 63 21 1 1 3 173
- Australian Research Council . . . . . . 3 1 3 1 . 1 . 9
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 1 1 4 15 9 5 1 . . 36
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . . . . . 1 4 3 . . . . 8
Environment and Energy . . . . 4 15 18 53 23 19 . 2 . 134
- Bureau of Meteorology . . 1 2 8 2 9 15 23 28 2 1 . 91
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . . 2 1 4 6 7 3 1 . . 24
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . . 1 . 2 3 3 3 . . . . 12
Finance . 1 . 2 4 10 13 26 27 18 7 3 1 112
- Australian Electoral Commission . . . 24 29 13 23 37 18 6 1 . . 151
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 1 1 7 2 1 1 7 . . . 20
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 2
Foreign Affairs and Trade 1 1 . . 3 4 50 21 54 22 10 3 2 171
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . 2 1 3 . 2 . . . 8
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . . 8 6 7 16 12 6 4 . 59
Health . 1 . 1 3 31 46 82 79 32 7 8 2 292
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 2 2 5 12 . 2 . . . 23
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . . 1 4 5 2 . . . 12
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 1 1 . 2 . . . 4
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 1 . . . 1 6 7 9 . . . . 24
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . 1 . 1 1 3 2 . . . 8
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 5
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 4 4 2 1 . . . 11
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . . 2 1 . 1 . . . 4
- National Blood Authority . . . . . . 1 . 2 . . . . 3
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . . 3 1 4 1 . . . 9
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 1 3 1 . . . 5
- Professional Services Review . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Home Affairs 8 4 . 4 153 96 170 194 107 39 10 2 . 787
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . . . 7 10 10 17 22 5 . 1 . 72
- AUSTRAC . . . . 1 2 3 19 13 8 1 2 . 49
Human Services 40 . 15 17 424 938 235 397 203 86 6 . 5 2366
Industry, Innovation and Science 2 3 . 2 15 38 50 109 99 76 8 1 1 404
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . . 1 . . 2 7 . . . 10
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities . 1 . . . 13 11 13 34 18 4 4 . 98
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 1 . 2 11 1 . . 15
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- National Capital Authority . . . . 1 1 . 3 1 1 . . . 7
Jobs and Small Business 1 2 . . 2 16 22 34 32 21 4 4 . 138
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . . 2 5 2 1 1 2 . . 13
- Comcare . . . 4 1 13 7 13 2 4 1 . . 45
- Fair Work Commission . . . . . 3 6 6 2 5 1 . . 23
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 1 7 6 13 8 4 2 1 . . 42
- Safe Work Australia . . . . . 2 2 2 5 2 . 1 . 14
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 2 . 1 2 31 35 59 59 35 8 3 . 235
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 18 4 18 1 5 4 . 1 . . . 51
- AIATSIS . . . . . 3 1 2 3 . . . . 9
- Australian National Audit Office . 3 . 1 . 8 1 5 7 5 1 . . 31
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . . . 2 . 6 9 6 . . . 23
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . . . 2 7 5 4 2 1 . 21
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . . . 2 2 4 2 . . . 10
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 2
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . . 1 1 . 4 . . . 6
Social Services . . . 1 . 21 18 44 37 25 2 2 2 152
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . . . 4
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . . 2 52 51 42 13 7 2 2 . 171
Treasury . 3 . 2 2 8 15 26 13 13 8 1 2 93
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2 2 3 7 49 27 44 21 9 2 . 1 167
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . . 3 5 17 12 7 6 1 . . 51
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission . 1 3 15 13 14 6 40 44 28 1 . . 165
- Australian Taxation Office 6 3 6 80 242 233 143 250 193 132 28 3 . 1319
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1
- Productivity Commission . 1 . . . . 2 1 2 3 . 1 . 10
Veterans' Affairs . . . 7 22 32 43 44 34 10 3 3 . 198
- Australian War Memorial . . . . 7 2 4 2 3 2 1 . . 21
Total 117 99 59 290 1258 2245 1807 2939 2284 1184 181 69 26 12558
                             
Source: APSED                            
Last reviewed: 
29 March 2019