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Table 7: Non-ongoing employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 31 December 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 . . 2 13 158 183 28 93 17 9 . 1 . 504
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . . 15 3 2 . 3 . . . . . 23
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 3 1 2 7 7 4 . . . 24
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . . 1 . 3 3 8 9 4 1 . . 29
Attorney-General's . . . 14 37 44 27 18 13 9 5 1 2 170
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 31 43 64 11 5 5 30 . . . 189
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 2 1 2 5 1 . . . 11
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . . 8 15 4 4 1 . . . . 32
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . 1 4 10 7 7 12 4 . . . 45
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . 3
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 2 9 12 7 6 . . . . 36
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . . 72 62 102 93 30 19 23 . 1 . 402
- National Archives of Australia . . 12 10 13 14 3 6 . . . . . 58
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 3 5 5 7 1 . . . 21
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . . . 1 5 . 7 2 2 . 1 . 18
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 2 1 . . . . 1 . 4
Communications and the Arts . . . 2 5 10 6 7 7 . . . . 37
- Australian Communications and Media Authority . . . 3 . 4 2 12 8 1 . . . 30
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . 1 5 4 14 8 10 5 1 . . 48
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 4 9 4 3 1 3 . . . . 24
- National Library of Australia . . . 14 11 13 10 5 5 1 . . . 59
- National Museum of Australia . . 1 30 11 13 13 9 9 1 . . . 87
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 8 1 5 4 1 1 2 . . 22
- Old Parliament House . . . . 34 3 3 6 6 . . . . 52
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defence 9 . 42 21 24 28 24 25 10 14 1 2 1 201
- Defence Housing Australia . . 2 . 26 9 4 11 7 6 . 1 . 66
Education and Training . . . 1 18 17 9 22 13 3 . . . 83
- Australian Research Council . . . 1 2 1 4 . . . . 1 . 9
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 5 5 7 9 4 2 . . . 32
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . 3
Environment and Energy . . 124 16 172 134 72 98 31 24 2 . . 673
- Bureau of Meteorology . . 1 . 22 13 12 74 85 24 1 1 . 233
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . . 4 7 4 1 . 1 . . . 17
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . 33 3 5 1 4 3 1 1 . . . 51
Finance . . . 224 9 20 3 3 6 2 . . . 267
- Australian Electoral Commission . . 1334 5 4 19 9 17 8 4 . . . 1400
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 1 . 3 4 1 1 1 1 . . . 12
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 3
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . . . . 2 28 10 13 3 7 2 4 69
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . 3 . . . 1 2 3 . 11 2 . . 22
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 2 11 10 5 11 5 9 2 . 55
Health . . . 23 17 55 57 65 27 12 4 1 2 263
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 2 3 7 20 3 3 . . . 38
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . 1 . . 1 5 6 3 . . . 16
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 2 2 1 5 6 7 . . . . 23
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . 239 . 46 . 8 6 1 . . . . 300
- Cancer Australia . . . . . 1 5 9 2 2 . . . 19
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 1 1 2 . 2 2 . . . 8
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 3 . 1 1 . . . . 5
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . . . 1 . 2 . . . 3
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . 1 4
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . . . 2 2 2 . . . 6
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . 1 1 1 2 . . . . 5
- Professional Services Review . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
Home Affairs . . . 656 87 58 10 23 21 5 2 1 . 863
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . . . 3 15 2 4 4 1 . . . 29
- AUSTRAC . . . . 1 2 7 10 8 7 1 . . 36
Human Services . . 17 25 2427 49 11 14 3 5 . 2 1 2554
Industry, Innovation and Science . . 86 39 6 105 35 88 32 10 . 1 1 403
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 5 . . . 2 1 1 5 7 . . . . 21
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities . . 17 . . 6 4 6 14 5 . . . 52
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 6 . 1 . 11
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
- National Capital Authority . . . 9 3 . 2 . 1 . . . . 15
Jobs and Small Business . . 1 1 13 14 11 10 10 3 . . . 63
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . . 3
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 1 6 2 . 5 1 3 . . . 18
- Comcare . . . 10 16 17 9 13 2 . . . . 67
- Fair Work Commission . . . . 2 23 38 . 1 . . . . 64
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 1 20 2 4 . 2 3 . . . 32
- Safe Work Australia . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . 4
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . 1 13 8 29 13 28 36 8 2 2 2 142
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 225 1 31 25 5 8 3 3 1 . . 302
- AIATSIS . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . 4
- Australian National Audit Office . . 2 . 1 3 2 3 2 . . . . 13
- Australian Public Service Commission . . 1 2 2 6 1 3 39 6 . . . 60
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 1 . . 1 2 3 4 1 3 . . 15
- Office of National Intelligence . . . 1 1 2 . 8 2 5 . 1 1 21
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 15 18 24 4 23 12 12 2 . . . 110
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 1 . 2 1 2 . . . . 6
Social Services . . . 1 6 21 38 19 12 9 . . . 106
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 6 7 16 15 14 4 . . . 62
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 2 . 38 281 193 120 74 36 7 2 . 753
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . 2 . 3 1 2 2 2 . . 1 13
Treasury . . 2 28 17 18 12 12 8 10 5 2 . 114
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . . 2 140 63 181 52 49 14 9 1 1 . 512
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 1 19 12 7 12 12 10 11 6 . . . 90
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission . . 11 27 1 48 11 37 52 40 . . . 227
- Australian Taxation Office . . 386 1222 130 47 10 27 28 30 1 2 . 1883
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Productivity Commission . . . 1 3 . 2 4 3 2 . . . 15
Veterans' Affairs . . . 2 60 30 58 9 . 2 1 . . 162
- Australian War Memorial . . . . 34 3 3 9 6 1 . . . 56
Total non-ongoing 14 4 2579 2721 3802 1866 1127 1217 833 448 59 31 16 14717
Last reviewed: 
29 March 2019