APS Employment Data June 30 2024 - Appendix 2

Machinery of Government Changes

Table A1: Movements between APS agencies, 2023-24

Date Agency employees moved from Agency employees moved to Number of ongoing staff Number of non-ongoing staff
1/07/2023 Defence Australian Submarine Agency 287 1
1/07/2023 Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (NC) National Anti-Corruption Commission 136 10
6/07/2023 Prime Minister and Cabinet Australian Public Service Commission 12 .
6/07/2023 Digital Transformation Agency Finance 13 2
31/08/2023 Home Affairs Attorney-General's 31 2
16/10/2023 Health and Aged Care Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care 13 2
23/11/2023 Prime Minister and Cabinet Australian Public Service Commission 23 1

Table A2: Machinery of Government engagements from Non-APS agencies, 2023-24

Date

Agency

Ongoing staff

Non-ongoing staff

Not Applicable.

Table A3: Total Machinery of Government movements into and out of the APS, 2004-05 to 2023-24 

Year

Additions

Reductions

Ongoing

Non-ongoing

Total

Ongoing

Non-ongoing

Total
2004-05

121

5

126

1361

101

1462
2005-06

5081

259

5340

.

.

.
2006-07

492

56

548

3

1

4
2007-08

151

399

550

.

2

2
2008-09

359

65

424

.

464

464
2009-10

21

.

21

.

.

.
2010-11

214

41

255

.

.

.
2011-12

212

32

244

4

.

4
2012-13

12

.

12

.

.

.
2013-14

222

2

224

2

.

2
2014-15

40

.

40

.

.

.
2015-16

727

50

777

299

87

386
2016-17

109

.

109

.

.

.
2017-18

53

.

53

1

.

1
2018-19

220

.

220

1807

24

1831
2019-20

13

.

13

1685

288

1973
2020-21

183

37

220

.

.

.
2021-22

.

.

.

1

.

1
2022-23

.

.

.

.

.

.
2023-24

.

.

.

.

.

.

Table A4: Changes to agency names and portfolios, 2023-24

Date Change Entity Name Portfolio Change Details
3/07/2023 Add Australian Submarine Agency Defence A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established by amendment to Schedule 1 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014, on 1 July 2023.
3/07/2023 Remove Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Attorney-General's Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity abolished as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2022, on 1 July 2023.
3/07/2023 Add National Anti-Corruption Commission Attorney-General's A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established by the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022, on 1 July 2023.
1/09/2023 Remove North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority abolished as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity on 31 August 2023 by an amendment to Schedule 1 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014.
3/10/23 Add Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Finance A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established by the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023, on 1 October 2023.
1/11/2023 Add Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care Health and Aged Care A new non-corporate Commonwealth entity established by the Inspector-General of Aged Care Act 2023, on 16 October 2023. 
1/03/2024 Amend Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency Employment and Workplace Relations The entity known as the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency is now renamed the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency from 15 December 2023, as provided in the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023
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