Appendix 2: APS agencies
This appendix covers a range of data about APS agencies.
Table A2.1 lists all APS agencies and employee numbers and reflects data in APSED as at 30 June 2019. These are headcount numbers and include ongoing, non-ongoing and casual (intermittently engaged) employees.
APS agencies are grouped into ‘functional clusters’ to allow comparisons to be made between agencies with similar primary functions. The functional clusters applied to APS agencies are:
- Policy—agencies involved in the development of public policy.
- Smaller operational—agencies with fewer than 1,000 employees involved in the implementation of public policy.
- Larger operational—agencies with 1,000 employees or more involved in the implementation of public policy.
- Regulatory—agencies involved in regulation and inspection.
- Specialist—agencies providing specialist support to government.
|
Agency name |
Functional cluster |
Headcount |
|---|---|---|
|
Agriculture |
Larger operational |
5 003 |
|
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
Regulatory |
179 |
|
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
Regulatory |
209 |
|
Murray Darling Basin Authority |
Policy |
309 |
|
Attorney-General's |
Policy |
851 |
|
Australian Government Solicitor |
Policy |
593 |
|
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
Smaller operational |
671 |
|
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency |
Policy |
16 |
|
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity |
Specialist |
50 |
|
Australian Building and Construction Commission |
Regulatory |
148 |
|
Australian Financial Security Authority |
Smaller Operational |
477 |
|
Australian Human Rights Commission |
Specialist |
143 |
|
Australian Law Reform Commission |
Policy |
10 |
|
Comcare |
Smaller operational |
610 |
|
Commonwealth Ombudsman |
Specialist |
234 |
|
Fair Work Commission |
Smaller operational |
305 |
|
Federal Court Statutory Agency |
Larger operational |
1 202 |
|
National Archives of Australia |
Specialist |
363 |
|
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
Regulatory |
96 |
|
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
Smaller operational |
397 |
|
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman |
Regulatory |
847 |
|
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security |
Specialist |
32 |
|
Office of Parliamentary Counsel |
Specialist |
103 |
|
Safe Work Australia |
Policy |
104 |
|
Communications and the Arts |
Policy |
561 |
|
Australian Communications and Media Authority |
Regulatory |
448 |
|
Australian National Maritime Museum |
Specialist |
125 |
|
National Film and Sound Archive |
Specialist |
171 |
|
National Library of Australia |
Specialist |
399 |
|
National Museum of Australia |
Specialist |
274 |
|
National Portrait Gallery |
Specialist |
56 |
|
Old Parliament House |
Specialist |
117 |
|
Screen Australia |
Specialist |
7 |
|
Defence |
Larger operational |
16 879 |
|
Defence Housing Australia |
Smaller operational |
685 |
|
Education |
Policy |
1 902 |
|
Australian Research Council |
Specialist |
134 |
|
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency |
Regulatory |
77 |
|
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business |
Policy |
2 120 |
|
Australian Skills Quality Authority |
Regulatory |
211 |
|
Environment and Energy |
Policy |
2 717 |
|
Bureau of Meteorology |
Larger operational |
1 607 |
|
Clean Energy Regulator |
Regulatory |
322 |
|
Climate Change Authority |
Specialist |
8 |
|
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
Specialist |
257 |
|
Finance |
Policy |
1 579 |
|
Australian Electoral Commission |
Smaller operational |
2 558 |
|
Future Fund Management Agency |
Specialist |
154 |
|
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority |
Specialist |
55 |
|
Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Policy |
3 781 |
|
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
Specialist |
60 |
|
Australian Trade and Investment Commission |
Specialist |
594 |
|
Health |
Policy |
3 428 |
|
Therapeutic Goods Administration |
Policy |
723 |
|
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator and National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
Policy |
134 |
|
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission |
Regulatory |
470 |
|
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
Specialist |
87 |
|
Australian Digital Health Agency |
Smaller operational |
52 |
|
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Specialist |
376 |
|
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency |
Specialist |
137 |
|
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority |
Regulatory |
338 |
|
Cancer Australia |
Specialist |
77 |
|
Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
Regulatory |
103 |
|
National Blood Authority |
Specialist |
59 |
|
National Health and Medical Research Council |
Specialist |
217 |
|
National Health Funding Body |
Specialist |
22 |
|
National Mental Health Commission |
Specialist |
28 |
|
Organ and Tissue Authority |
Specialist |
26 |
|
Professional Services Review |
Specialist |
23 |
|
Home Affairs |
Larger operational |
14 070 |
|
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission |
Specialist |
764 |
|
AUSTRAC |
Regulatory |
385 |
|
Industry, Innovation and Science |
Policy |
2 318 |
|
Geoscience Australia |
Specialist |
622 |
|
Questacon |
Policy |
271 |
|
IP AUSTRALIA |
Larger operational |
1 144 |
|
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority |
Regulatory |
125 |
|
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development |
Policy |
990 |
|
Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
Smaller operational |
107 |
|
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency |
Specialist |
13 |
|
National Capital Authority |
Specialist |
71 |
|
Prime Minister and Cabinet |
Policy |
2 156 |
|
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. |
Smaller operational |
451 |
|
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
Specialist |
123 |
|
Australian National Audit Office |
Specialist |
359 |
|
Australian Public Service Commission |
Policy |
264 |
|
Office of National Intelligence |
Specialist |
240 |
|
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
Specialist |
173 |
|
Workplace Gender Equality Agency |
Specialist |
28 |
|
Services Australia (Social Services portfolio) |
Larger operational |
30 572 |
|
Digital Transformation Agency |
Smaller operational |
245 |
|
Social Services |
Policy |
2 545 |
|
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
Specialist |
109 |
|
National Disability Insurance Agency |
Larger operational |
3 491 |
|
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission |
Regulatory |
194 |
|
Treasury |
Policy |
970 |
|
Royal Australian Mint |
Specialist |
249 |
|
Commonwealth Grants Commission |
Specialist |
28 |
|
Australian Office Of Financial Management |
Specialist |
40 |
|
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Specialist |
2 739 |
|
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
Regulatory |
1 180 |
|
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
Regulatory |
1 981 |
|
Australian Taxation Office |
Larger operational |
18 900 |
|
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation |
Specialist |
31 |
|
Productivity Commission |
Specialist |
174 |
|
Veterans' Affairs (Defence portfolio) |
Larger operational |
1 674 |
|
Australian War Memorial |
Specialist |
331 |