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Table 70: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2018 and 2019

Table 70: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2018 and 2019
Agency Resignation Age retirement Retrenchment Physical or mental incapacity Termination of appointment Compulsory move to non-APS agency Deceased Total
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Agriculture 130 128 66 89 60 23 7 5 11 2 . . 3 3 277 250
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 5 13 4 . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 9 15
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 11 3 1 2 3 41 . . . 2 . . . . 15 48
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 8 10 2 1 3 7 . . . . . . . . 13 18
Attorney-General's 96 85 20 21 6 1 1 1 2 1 77 . . 2 202 111
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 20 16 6 7 26 3 . . 1 1 . . . 1 53 28
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 2 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 3 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . 5 1
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 10 11 1 5 2 3 . . . . . . . . 13 19
- Australian Financial Security Authority 32 19 10 5 2 12 1 . . . . . 1 . 46 36
- Australian Human Rights Commission 11 17 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . 13 19
- Australian Law Reform Commission . 1 1 . 6 2 . . . . . . . . 7 3
- Comcare 32 38 7 13 5 14 1 . . 3 . . . . 45 68
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 8 13 . 3 6 5 . . . . . . . 1 14 22
- Fair Work Commission 17 17 3 3 3 4 . . . . . . 1 1 24 25
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 50 42 23 29 19 31 . 1 1 . . . . 2 93 105
- National Archives of Australia 11 11 11 7 3 26 . . . . . . . . 25 44
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 16 13 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . 16 17
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 39 34 5 3 6 1 . . . 1 . . . . 50 39
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 38 59 1 5 3 7 . . 1 1 . . . . 43 72
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 2
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 6 4 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . 8 8
- Safe Work Australia 7 4 1 2 7 1 . . . . . . . . 15 7
Communications and the Arts 41 25 7 4 2 9 1 1 1 . . . . . 52 39
- Australian Communications and Media Authority 24 18 6 5 9 2 . . . 1 . . . . 39 26
- Australian National Maritime Museum 3 3 1 1 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 7 5
- National Film and Sound Archive 6 5 1 5 3 12 . . . . . . . . 10 22
- National Library of Australia 18 11 11 12 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . 31 25
- National Museum of Australia 16 4 2 3 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . 32 9
- National Portrait Gallery 3 3 . . . 4 . . . . . . . . 3 7
Defence 674 676 436 469 307 211 41 43 31 18 1731 . 16 10 3236 1427
- Defence Housing Australia 38 47 11 6 8 18 1 1 4 3 . . 2 . 64 75
Education 57 54 14 17 102 29 2 2 . 3 . . . 1 175 106
- Australian Research Council 7 3 . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 9 4
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency 6 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 9
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 75 65 32 37 29 5 3 4 3 . . . 1 1 143 112
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 20 13 14 4 . 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 36 19
Environment and Energy 95 81 23 28 15 12 . . 1 2 . . 1 2 135 125
- Bureau of Meteorology 40 47 28 34 22 40 1 1 1 1 . . . . 92 123
- Clean Energy Regulator 15 20 7 5 2 5 . 1 . 1 . . . . 24 32
- Climate Change Authority . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 8 10 4 5 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 13 16
Finance 66 49 18 15 25 30 1 . 2 1 . . . . 112 95
- Australian Electoral Commission 50 48 35 36 64 1 2 . 1 5 . . . 1 152 91
- Future Fund Management Agency 9 17 2 . 9 1 . . . . . . . . 20 18
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Foreign Affairs and Trade 59 84 34 29 72 28 2 4 1 1 . . 3 2 171 148
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 4 1 1 . 3 . . . . . . . . . 8 1
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 34 21 13 13 12 7 . . . . . . . 1 59 42
Health 150 138 50 53 80 98 6 11 2 2 . . 6 . 294 302
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . 29 . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . 47
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 11 3 . 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . 12 5
- Australian Digital Health Agency 4 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 4 3
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 15 21 8 4 . . 1 1 . . . . . . 24 26
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 3 4 5 . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 8 6
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 5 . . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . 5 4
- Cancer Australia 10 9 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 11 10
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 1 2 2 5 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 7
- National Blood Authority 2 4 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 3 5
- National Health and Medical Research Council 6 6 2 4 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 9 12
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
- National Mental Health Commission 2 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 2 3
- Organ and Tissue Authority 2 2 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . 5 3
- Professional Services Review . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Home Affairs 456 460 235 249 67 33 15 12 11 12 . . 10 8 794 774
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 60 72 6 11 4 51 . . 2 . . . . 1 72 135
- AUSTRAC 29 20 6 . 14 6 . . . . . . . . 49 26
Industry, Innovation and Science 173 143 58 43 165 64 4 2 5 . . . 2 1 407 253
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 3 1 7 5 . . . . . 1 . . . . 10 7
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 46 39 14 9 36 13 1 . . 2 . . 1 . 98 63
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 5 9 5 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . 15 11
- National Capital Authority 5 5 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 115 82 36 20 82 23 3 3 . 1 . . 2 3 238 132
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 21 10 6 14 15 6 3 . 4 1 . . 2 1 51 32
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 5 9 4 . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 9 11
- Australian National Audit Office 25 16 5 8 1 1 . . . . . . . . 31 25
- Australian Public Service Commission 10 7 5 5 8 2 . 1 . . . . . . 23 15
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 20 . 9 . 7 . 1 . . . . . . . 37
- Office of National Intelligence 7 3 3 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . 10 7
- Old Parliament House 4 . 1 3 1 2 . . . . . . . . 6 5
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 2 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 4 5 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
Services Australia 850 704 632 535 714 582 96 81 57 72 . . 17 24 2366 1998
- Digital Transformation Agency 16 20 4 4 1 1 . . . . . . . . 21 25
Social Services 77 91 22 40 54 48 1 2 . 2 . . 1 3 155 186
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 1 1 . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 3
- National Disability Insurance Agency 121 156 38 44 2 2 1 . 8 5 . . . 2 170 209
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 1 16 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 17
Treasury 71 64 11 12 6 7 2 . 2 2 . . 1 . 93 85
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 69 58 6 11 90 24 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 168 96
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 39 49 5 6 5 13 . 1 2 2 . . . 1 51 72
- Australian Taxation Office 444 403 250 269 580 377 21 23 14 33 . . 12 11 1321 1116
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
- Productivity Commission 5 11 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . 10 14
Veterans' Affairs 43 51 74 46 68 44 9 4 2 4 . . 2 1 198 150
- Australian War Memorial 15 13 3 3 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . 21 18
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) 104 63 21 11 38 4 . 1 2 2 . 1684 . . 165 1765
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (NC) 15 . 6 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 23 .
Total 4976 4683 2413 2390 2912 2026 231 210 175 195 1808 1684 87 87 12602 11275

Source: APSED

Note: age retirements include resignations after age 55.