Appendix 2: Machinery of Government Changes | Australian Public Service Commission

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Table A1: Movements between APS agencies, 2022

Date	Agency employees moved from	Agency employees moved to	Number of ongoing staff	Number of non-ongoing staff
20/01/2022	Education, Skills and Employment	Foreign Affairs and Trade	28	.
1/07/2022	Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	25	1
1/07/2022	Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	9	.
7/07/2022	Education, Skills and Employment	Employment and Workplace Relations	2622	81
20/07/2022	Foreign Affairs and Trade	Employment and Workplace Relations	34	1
4/08/2022	Attorney-General's	Employment and Workplace Relations	335	22
4/08/2022	Prime Minister and Cabinet	Finance	80	13
4/08/2022	Prime Minister and Cabinet	Attorney-General's	44	3
4/08/2022	Prime Minister and Cabinet	Industry, Science and Resources	31	4
4/08/2022	Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications	Attorney-General's	8	.
18/08/2022	Home Affairs	Attorney-General's	151	11
1/09/2022	National Recovery and Resilience Agency	National Emergency Management Agency	142	55
15/09/2022	Foreign Affairs and Trade	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	11	.
15/09/2022	Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	2044	439
15/09/2022	Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	33	.
15/09/2022	Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	648	19
29/09/2022	Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	82	69
29/09/2022	Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	26	2
8/12/2022	Home Affairs	National Emergency Management Agency	98	17

Table A2: Machinery of Government engagements from Non-APS agencies, 2022

Date	Agency	Ongoing staff	Non-ongoing staff
Not Applicable.

Table A3: Total Machinery of Government movements into and out of the APS, 2002 to 2022

Year	Additions			Reductions
Year	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total
2003	263	2	265	1	.	1
2004	121	5	126	1309	100	1409
2005	5046	250	5296	52	1	53
2006	527	40	567	3	1	4
2007	150	424	574	.	.	.
2008	360	65	425	.	466	466
2009	20	.	20	.	.	.
2010	158	36	194	.	.	.
2011	210	35	245	4	.	4
2012	64	2	66	.	.	.
2013	7	.	7	2	.	2
2014	262	2	264	.	.	.
2015	631	49	680	299	87	386
2016	164	1	165	.	.	.
2017	84	.	84	.	.	.
2018	33	.	33	1808	24	1832
2019	207	.	207	1685	288	1973
2020	3	.	3	.	.	.
2021	183	37	220	1	.	1
2022	.	.	.	.	.	.

Table A4: Changes to agency names and portfolios, 2022

Date	Change	Entity Name	Portfolio	Change Details
1/07/2022	Amend	Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has been renamed the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1/07/2022	Amend	Australian Crime Commission (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)	Attorney-General's	Entity moved from the Home Affairs portfolio to the Attorney-General's portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Australian Institute of Criminology	Attorney-General's	Entity moved from the Home Affairs portfolio to the Attorney-General's portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)	Attorney-General's	Entity moved from the Home Affairs portfolio to the Attorney-General's portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Office of the Special Investigator	Attorney-General's	Entity moved from the Home Affairs portfolio to the Attorney-General's portfolio
1/07/2022	Add	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	New Department of State created, to be known as the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
1/07/2022	Amend	Bureau of Meteorology	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from the Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio to Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Clean Energy Regulator	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from the Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio to the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Climate Change Authority	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from the Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio to the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio to the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications portfolio to the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Australian Renewable Energy Agency	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from the Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio to the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Murray-Darling Basin Authority	Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Entity moved from Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio to the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Department of Education, Skills and Employment	Education	The Department of Education, Skills and Employment renamed the Department of Education
1/07/2022	Add	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Employment and Workplace Relations	New Department of State created, to be known as the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
1/07/2022	Amend	Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Australian Building and Construction Commission	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Australian Skills Quality Authority (National Vocational Education and Training Regulator)	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Education, Skills and Employment portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Fair Work Commission	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Safe Work Australia	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Comcare	Employment and Workplace Relations	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Digital Transformation Agency	Finance	Entity moved from the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio to the Finance portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Department of Health	Health and Aged Care	The Department of Health renamed the Department of Health and Aged Care
1/07/2022	Amend	National Recovery and Resilience Agency	Home Affairs	Entity moved from the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio to the Home Affairs portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	Industry, Science and Resources	The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources renamed the Department of Industry, Science and Resources
1/07/2022	Amend	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications	Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications renamed the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
1/07/2022	Amend	National Archives of Australia	Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	Entity moved from the Attorney-General's portfolio to the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio
1/07/2022	Amend	Old Parliament House	Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	Entity moved from the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio to the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio
5/09/2022	Remove	National Recovery and Resilience Agency (NRRA)	Home Affairs	NRRA abolished as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity on 3 September 2022, with functions transferred to the NEMA
5/09/2022	Add	National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)	Home Affairs	A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established on 1 September 2022. NEMA integrates the functions from the NRRA and Emergency Management Australia, a group within the Department of Home Affairs
15/11/2022	Add	Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission	Social Services	A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established on 1 November 2022. As at 31 December 2022, all employees at the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission are secondees, hence this agency is not identified in the agency tables.