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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Annual Report 2019-20

Appendix C: Human resources statistics

All employees

On 1 February 2020 the Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE) was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. This appendix presents statistics for the current report period from the new department at 30 June 2020. Statistics for the previous report period are from DoEE at 30 June 2019.

Table 61 All ongoing employees current report period (2019–20)
	Male			Female			Indeterminate			Total
	Full-time	Part-time	*Total Male*	Full-time	Part-time	*Total Female*	Full-time	Part-time	*Total Indeterminate*	Total
NSW	338	38	376	191	114	305	0	0	0	681
Qld	300	32	332	172	86	258	0	0	0	590
SA	89	14	103	42	20	62	0	0	0	165
Tas	157	9	166	90	39	129	0	0	0	295
Vic	304	22	326	201	79	280	0	0	0	606
WA	137	5	142	82	42	124	0	0	0	266
ACT	1,218	118	1,336	1,599	530	2,129	4	1	5	3,470
NT	77	7	84	54	12	66	0	0	0	150
External territories	17	2	19	10	3	13	0	0	0	32
Overseas	9	0	9	9	0	9	0	0	0	18
Total	2.646	247	2,893	2,450	925	3,375	4	1	5	6,273

_{Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions. External territories include Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island.}

Table 62 All non-ongoing employees current report period (2019–20)
	Male				Female				Indeterminate				Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total Male	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total Female	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total indeterminate	Total
NSW	12	1	41	54	10	1	24	35	0	0		0	89
Qld	22	4	34	60	11	6	19	36	0	0		0	96
SA	0	0	15	15	1	0	4	5	0	0		0	20
Tas	33	5	8	46	23	9	3	35	0	0		0	81
Vic	22	6	28	56	21	16	13	50	0	0		0	106
WA	3	0	10	13	4	0	22	26	0	0		0	39
ACT	41	11	29	81	69	30	49	148	0	0	1	1	230
NT	13	2	88	103	9	7	96	112	0	0	1	1	216
External territories	73	1	10	84	6	1	5	12	0	0		0	96
Overseas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Total	219	30	263	512	154	70	235	459	0	0	2	2	973

Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions. External territories include Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island.

Table 63 All ongoing employees previous report period (2018-19)
	Male			Female			Indeterminate			Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Total Male	Full-time	Part-time	Total Female	Full-time	Part-time	Total Indeterminate
NSW	17	1	18	8	4	12	0	0	0	30
Qld	2	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	6
SA	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Tas	150	8	158	81	37	118	0	0	0	276
Vic	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
WA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ACT	586	78	664	762	315	1,077	0	0	0	1,741
NT	59	2	61	34	10	44	0	0	0	105
External Territories	16	1	17	7	2	9	0	0	0	26
Overseas	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	3
Total	838	91	929	899	368	1,267	0	0	0	2,196

_{Figures for the former Department of the Environment and Energy.}

Table 64 All non-ongoing employees previous report period (2018-19)
	Male			Female			Indeterminate			Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Total Male	Full-time	Part-time	Total Female	Full-time	Part-time	Total Indeterminate
NSW	3	16	19	4	11	15	0	0	0	34
Qld	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
SA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tas	34	11	45	21	9	30	0	0	0	75
Vic	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ACT	32	30	62	51	51	102	0	0	0	164
NT	18	87	105	9	95	104	0	0	0	209
External Territories	57	8	65	13	1	14	0	0	0	79
Overseas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	146	153	299	99	167	266	0	0	0	565

_{Figures for the former Department of the Environment and Energy. 'Part-time' includes casual employees.}

Australian Public Sector (APS) classification and gender

Table 65 Australian Public Service Act ongoing employees current report period (2019–20)
	Male			Female			Indeterminate			Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Total Male	Full-time	Part-time	Total Female	Full-time	Part-time	Total Indeterminate
SES 3	7	0	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	11
SES 2	20	0	20	18	0	18	0	0	0	38
SES 1 a	64	1	65	61	2	63	0	0	0	128
EL 2	342	18	360	271	61	332	0	0	0	692
EL 1	553	50	603	534	223	757	0	0	0	1,360
APS 6 b	572	53	625	631	225	856	1	0	1	1,482
APS 5 c	292	24	316	386	131	517	1	0	1	834
APS 4 d	677	68	745	451	217	668	1	1	2	1,415
APS 3 e	102	31	133	85	63	148	1	0	1	282
APS 2	16	0	16	5	3	8	0	0	0	24
APS 1	1	2	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	7
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2,646	247	2,893	2,450	925	3,375	4	1	5	6,273

_{Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions. a Includes Chief of Division One classification (Classification of the Chief Scientist in Australian Antarctic Division). b Includes APS Meat Inspector Four classification and DAFF Band Two Work Level Six B classification. c Includes APS Meat Inspector Three classification. d Includes APS Meat Inspector Two classification. e Includes Graduates.}

Table 66 Australian Public Service Act non-ongoing employees current report period (2019–20)
	Male				Female				Indeterminate				Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total Male	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total Female	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total Indeterminate
SES 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SES 2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
SES 1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
EL 2	5	2	1	8	9	3	2	14	0	0	0	0	22
EL 1	21	3	0	24	18	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	44
APS 6	42	5	34	81	33	11	22	66	0	0	0	0	147
APS 5	27	2	1	30	21	10	2	33	0	0	0	0	63
APS 4 a	66	8	99	173	65	20	64	149	0	0	0	0	322
APS 3	53	8	46	107	7	15	72	94	0	0	0	0	201
APS 2	3	0	5	8	1	3	4	8	0	0	0	0	16
APS 1	0	1	75	76	0	6	69	75	0	0	2	2	153
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	219	30	263	512	154	70	235	459	0	0	2	2	973

_{Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions. a Includes APS Meat Inspector Two classification.}

Table 67 Australian Public Service Act ongoing employees previous report period (2018–19)
	Male			Female			Indeterminate	Indeterminate	Indeterminate	Total
	Full-time			Full-time			Full-time
Secretary	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
SES 3	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
SES 2	7	0	7	9	0	9	0	0	0	16
SES 1	34	0	34	26	1	27	0	0	0	61
EL 2	144	11	155	105	29	134	0	0	0	289
EL 1	247	34	281	247	132	379	0	0	0	660
APS 6	227	33	260	282	115	397	0	0	0	657
APS 5	80	6	86	138	49	187	0	0	0	273
APS 4	38	3	41	50	30	80	0	0	0	121
APS 3	44	4	48	38	9	47	0	0	0	95
APS 2	12	0	12	2	3	5	0	0	0	17
APS 1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	838	91	929	899	368	1,267	0	0	0	2,196

_{Figures for the former Department of the Environment and Energy.}

Table 68 Australian Public Service Act non-ongoing employees previous report period (2018–19)
	Male			Female			Indeterminate			Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Total Male	Full-time	Part-time	Total Female	Full-time	Part-time	Total Indeterminate
SES 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SES 2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
SES 1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
EL 2	4	3	7	7	1	8	0	0	0	15
EL 1	14	3	17	12	4	16	0	0	0	33
APS 6	43	10	53	19	11	30	0	0	0	83
APS 5	17	4	21	11	8	19	0	0	0	40
APS 4	16	17	33	36	33	69	0	0	0	102
APS 3	48	29	77	13	44	57	0	0	0	134
APS 2	1	4	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	7
APS 1	2	81	83	0	64	64	0	0	0	147
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	146	153	299	99	167	266	0	0	0	565

_{Figures for the former Department of Environment and Energy. 'Part-time' includes casual employees.}

Employment type by full-time, part-time and casual status

Table 69 Australian Public Service Act employees by full-time, part-time and casual status current report period (2019–20)
	Ongoing			Non-ongoing				Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Total Ongoing	Full-time	Part-time	Casual	Total Non-ongoing	Total
SES 3	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	11
SES 2	38	0	38	1	1	1	3	41
SES 1 a	125	3	128	1	0	1	2	130
EL 2	613	79	692	14	5	3	22	714
EL 1	1,087	273	1,360	39	5	0	44	1,404
APS 6 b	1,204	278	1,482	75	16	56	147	1,629
APS 5 c	679	155	834	48	12	3	63	897
APS 4 d	1,129	286	1,415	131	28	163	322	1,737
APS 3 e	188	94	282	60	23	118	201	483
APS 2	21	3	24	4	3	9	16	40
APS 1	5	2	7	0	7	146	153	160
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
*Total*	5,100	1,173	6,273	373	100	500	973	7,246

Table 70 Australian Public Service Act employees by full-time and part-time status previous report period (2018–19)
	Ongoing			Non-Ongoing			Total
	Full-time	Part-time	Total Ongoing	Full-time	Part-time	Total Non-Ongoing	Total
Secretary	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
SES 3	4	0	4	0	0	0	4
SES 2	16	0	16	1	1	2	18
SES 1	60	1	61	1	1	2	63
EL 2	249	40	289	11	4	15	304
EL 1	494	166	660	26	7	33	693
APS 6	509	148	657	62	21	83	740
APS 5	218	55	273	28	12	40	313
APS 4	88	33	121	52	50	102	223
APS 3	82	13	95	61	73	134	229
APS 2	14	3	17	1	6	7	24
APS 1	2	0	2	2	145	147	149
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
*Total*	1,737	459	2,196	245	320	565	2,761

_{Figures for the former Department of the Environment and Energy. 'Part-time' includes casual employees.}

Employment type by location

Table 71 Australian Public Service Act employment type by location current report period (2019–20)
	Ongoing	Non-Ongoing	Total
NSW	681	89	770
Qld	590	96	686
SA	165	20	185
Tas	295	81	376
Vic	606	106	712
WA	266	39	305
ACT	3,470	230	3,700
NT	150	216	366
External Territories	32	96	128
Overseas	18	0	18
*Total*	6,273	973	7,246

_{Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions.}

Table 72 Australian Public Service Act Employment type by location previous report period (2018–19)
	Ongoing	Non-Ongoing	Total
NSW	30	34	64
Qld	6	1	7
SA	3	0	3
Tas	276	75	351
Vic	5	3	8
WA	1	0	1
ACT	1,741	164	1,905
NT	105	209	314
External Territories	26	79	105
Overseas	3	0	3
*Total*	2,196	565	2,761

_{Figures for the former Department of the Environment and Energy.}

Indigenous employment

Table 73 Australian Public Service Act Indigenous employment current report period (2019–20)
	Total
Ongoing	177
Non-Ongoing	179
Total	356

_{Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions.}

Table 74 Australian Public Service Act Indigenous Employment previous report period (2018–19)
	Total
Ongoing	87
Non-Ongoing	174
Total	261

_{Figures for the former Department of the Environment and Energy.}

Employment arrangements of SES and non-SES employees

Table 75 Australian Public Service Act employment arrangements current report period (2019–20)
	SES	Non-SES	Total
Department of the Environment and Energy Enterprise Agreement	0	6,856	6,856
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Meat Inspector Enterprise Agreement	0	236	236
Section 24(1) determinations	154	0	154
*Total*	154	7,092	7,246

_{Includes Parks Australia and staff on leave without pay and excludes Statutory Appointed positions.}

Salary ranges

Table 76 Australian Public Service Act employment salary ranges by classification level (Minimum/Maximum) current report period (2019–20)
	Minimum Salary	Maximum Salary
SES 3	386,483	397,191
SES 2	249,225	338,816
SES 1	196,103	250,170
EL 2 a	123,324	233,150
EL 1 b	107,933	153,538
APS 6 c	82,500	116,282
APS 5 d	73,299	86,893
APS 4 e	67,190	81,129
APS 3 f	59,599	75,717
APS 2 g	52,452	62,590
APS 1	45,680	48,421
Other	0	0
Minimum/Maximum range	45,680	397,191

_{a Only positions meeting the requirements of a Public Affairs Officer can access the paypoint of $152,685. Only positions requiring mandatory legal qualifications can access the paypoint of $152,685. Only designated Research Scientist positions can access paypoints between $152,685 and $197,849. Only positions meeting the requirements of an Antarctic Medical Practitioner can access the paypoints between $159,224 and $233,150. b Only positions requiring mandatory veterinary qualifications can access paypoints between $120,619 and $129,108. Only positions requiring mandatory legal qualifications can access the paypoints between $124,675 and $132,184. Only positions meeting the requirements of a Public Affairs Officer can access the paypoints between $118,994 and $136,109. Only positions meeting the requirements of an Antarctic Medical Practitioner can access the paypoints between $136,477 and $153,538. c Only positions within the Antarctic Australian Expeditioners can access the paypoint of $97,743. Only positions requiring mandatory veterinary qualifications can access paypoints between $98,052 and $116,282. Only positions meeting the requirements of a Public Affairs Officer can access the paypoint of $96,716. Only positions requiring mandatory legal qualifications can access the paypoint of $96,252. Only positions with an APS Meat Inspector Four classification can access the paypoint $92,032. d Only positions within the Antarctic Australian Expeditioners can access the paypoint of $84,216. Only positions with an APS Meat Inspector Three classification can access the paypoint $86,893. e Only positions within the Antarctic Australian Expeditioners can access the paypoints between $74,469 and $78,907. Only positions with an APS Meat Inspector Two classification can access the paypoint $81,129. f Only positions within the Antarctic Australian Expeditioners can access the paypoint of $70,278. Only positions with an APS Meat Inspector One classification can access the paypoints between $68,686 and $75,717. g Only positions within the Antarctic Australian Expeditioners can access the paypoint of $62,590. The maintenance of employees' salaries upon commencement from another APS agency or salaries negotiated through Individual Flexibility Arrangements can exceed the salary ranges for non-SES classifications.}

Performance pay

In 2019–20 the department did not provide performance pay to any employees.

Non-salary benefits

Non-salary benefits provided to SES Band 3 employees as part of their remuneration package
include superannuation and car parking. SES Band 1 and 2 employees receive superannuation
as the only non-salary benefit and pay for car parking. Non-salary benefits provided to non-SES officers as part of their remuneration package are generally limited to superannuation. In
exceptional cases, employees may have private use of a Commonwealth vehicle where it is deemed necessary for the performance of their duties.

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Appendix C: Human resources statistics

All employees

Australian Public Sector (APS) classification and gender

Employment type by full-time, part-time and casual status

Employment type by location

Indigenous employment

Employment arrangements of SES and non-SES employees

Salary ranges

Performance pay

Non-salary benefits

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