Table 72: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2019-20 and 2020-21

Agency Resignation Retrenchment Age retirement  Physical or mental incapacity Deceased  Compulsory move to non-APS agency Termination of appointment Total
2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 110 157 23 35 53 98 3 14 4 6 . . 1 3 194 313
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 14 8 . . 5 1 . . . . . . 1 1 20 10
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 5 6 38 1 2 1 . . . . . . 2 . 47 8
- Bureau of Meteorology 45 38 52 38 31 20 . . 1 1 . . 5 . 134 97
- GBRMPA 12 14 8 4 4 3 . 1 . . . . . . 24 22
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 10 3 10 6 2 4 . . 1 . . . . . 23 13
Attorney-General's 78 81 1 4 24 18 3 1 1 3 . . 1 2 108 109
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 10 19 4 5 2 7 . . . . . . 1 . 17 31
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 2
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 6 2 1 . 4 1 . . . . . . . . 11 3
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 5 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
- Australian Financial Security Authority 17 19 3 4 9 5 . . 1 . . . . . 30 28
- Australian Human Rights Commission 11 5 2 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . 14 7
- Australian Law Reform Commission 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
- Comcare 32 25 11 28 11 7 . . . . . . 5 2 59 62
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 12 17 6 5 2 4 . . . . . . . . 20 26
- Fair Work Commission 15 14 3 4 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . 19 21
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 24 41 11 6 22 20 2 1 3 . . . . . 62 68
- National Archives of Australia 9 11 1 . 7 11 . . 1 . . . . 1 18 23
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 6 3 . 1 3 2 . . . . . . . . 9 6
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 9 12 . 1 4 1 . . . . . . . . 13 14
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 30 48 1 . 3 4 . . . . . . . . 34 52
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 42 22 1 7 5 10 . . . 1 . . 1 . 49 40
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 3
- Safe Work Australia 7 9 1 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . 11 11
Defence 636 755 172 328 442 452 38 28 15 13 . . 21 23 1324 1599
- Defence Housing Australia 50 44 34 41 4 5 1 2 . . . . 2 1 91 93
Education, Skills and Employment 54 104 20 65 15 55 4 6 1 2 . . 2 2 96 234
- Australian Research Council 5 3 . 1 1 3 . . . . . . . . 6 7
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 9 15 . 1 6 4 . . . . . . 1 . 16 20
- TEQSA 10 8 . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . 12 10
Finance 60 51 20 8 16 15 . 2 1 1 . . 1 2 98 79
- Australian Electoral Commission 37 50 6 3 31 42 . 1 1 1 . . 7 . 82 97
- Future Fund Management Agency 13 10 . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 14 12
Foreign Affairs and Trade 86 74 28 38 41 48 5 7 3 . . . 1 . 164 167
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . 2 1 1 . 2 . . . . . . . . 1 5
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 23 27 8 4 9 8 . . . 1 . . 1 . 41 40
Health 119 118 52 39 46 31 9 4 3 2 . . 1 2 230 196
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 23 23 2 2 21 24 1 1 . 1 . . . . 47 51
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 4 2 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . 4 5
- Australian Digital Health Agency 3 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 22 15 . 1 6 7 . . . 1 . . . . 28 24
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 3 3 . 1 2 1 . . . . . . . . 5 5
- Cancer Australia 6 4 . 2 2 2 . . . . . . 1 . 9 8
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 3 1 . 1 4 3 . . . . . . . . 7 5
- National Blood Authority 3 2 3 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . 6 8
- National Health and Medical Research Council 8 4 1 1 . 2 . . 1 . . . . . 10 7
- National Health Funding Body 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
- National Mental Health Commission 1 3 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 3
- Organ and Tissue Authority 2 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . 3 3
- Professional Services Review 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
- Sport Integrity Australia . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4
Home Affairs 398 363 43 35 235 255 16 22 11 11 . . 8 8 711 694
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 60 60 23 5 9 14 . 1 1 . . . . . 93 80
- AUSTRAC 21 21 4 5 3 2 . . . . . . . . 28 28
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 129 161 61 71 42 50 5 3 1 6 . . 2 2 240 293
- Clean Energy Regulator 10 10 3 2 6 4 1 1 . . . . 1 . 21 17
- Climate Change Authority 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 2 2 . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 47 51 18 21 9 30 1 . . 3 . . 1 3 76 108
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 19 28 1 6 10 3 . . . . . . 1 1 31 38
- Australian National Maritime Museum 3 10 1 . 5 7 . . . . . . . . 9 17
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 8 1 2 3 1 1 . . . . . . . . 11 5
- National Capital Authority 2 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 4
- National Faster Rail Agency . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- National Film and Sound Archive 7 9 4 . 3 1 . . . . . . . . 14 10
- National Library of Australia 12 14 1 9 9 17 . 1 . . . . . . 22 41
- National Museum of Australia 11 6 2 23 4 4 . . . . . . . . 17 33
- National Portrait Gallery 2 1 4 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 6 2
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Prime Minister and Cabinet 53 54 8 2 6 8 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 69 66
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 5 14 4 . 9 6 . . . . . . 5 . 23 20
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 8 6 1 1 2 4 . . . . . . 1 . 12 11
- Australian National Audit Office 30 19 3 5 6 7 . . . . . . . 1 39 32
- Australian Public Service Commission 11 10 3 7 8 2 2 . . 1 . . . . 24 20
- Digital Transformation Agency 18 21 1 1 4 3 . . . . . . . . 23 25
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 43 49 12 4 15 13 3 2 1 2 . . . 1 74 71
- Office of National Intelligence 5 10 3 2 1 4 . 1 . . . . . . 9 17
- Old Parliament House 2 2 . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . 5 4
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 3 6
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2
Social Services 72 69 41 19 30 40 3 1 1 1 . . 3 2 150 132
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 2 3 . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . 3 6
- National Disability Insurance Agency 143 164 6 4 40 62 3 4 2 1 . . 4 2 198 237
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 16 19 1 1 2 7 . . . . . . 2 1 21 28
- Services Australia 243 637 79 152 155 607 34 100 7 18 . . 18 50 536 1564
Treasury 47 62 8 13 10 14 1 2 . 1 . . 1 . 67 92
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 55 53 17 7 11 21 3 3 1 1 . . 1 3 88 88
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 51 47 5 2 . 18 1 1 . . . . 4 1 61 69
- Australian Taxation Office 319 328 157 45 264 346 18 11 15 7 . . 21 11 794 748
- Productivity Commission 16 8 . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . 21 12
Veterans' Affairs 36 40 25 34 54 51 2 5 2 1 . . 3 . 122 131
- Australian War Memorial 17 9 1 1 3 5 . . . . . . . . 21 15
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) . . . . . . . . . . 1685 . . . 1685 .
Agriculture 77 . 12 . 62 . 4 . 2 . . . 2 . 159 .
Human Services (NC) 440 . 107 . 368 . 49 . 15 . . . 42 . 1021 .
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) 1 . 3 . 1 . . . . . . . 2 . 7 .
Communications (NC) 8 . 12 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 22 .
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 36 . 5 . 22 . . . 1 . . . . . 64 .
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Total 4189 4257 1208 1178 2278 2555 213 226 98 88 1685 . 177 126 9848 8430

Source: APSED

Note: age retirements include resignations after age 55.

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