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People summary

Defence’s workforce comprises ADF members of the Navy, Army and Air Force, and APS employees. The ADF workforce also includes Gap Year participants.

The ADF’s actual funded strength at 30 June 2020 was 59,760, compared with 58,554 at 30 June 2019. The actual full-time equivalent APS workforce at 30 June 2020 was 16,505, compared with 15,996 at 30 June 2019.

Detailed information on Defence’s workforce is provided in Chapter 6, ‘Strategic workforce management’, and in Appendix B: Additional workforce tables

Bar chart showing ADF and APS comparative funded strength for 2018-19 and 2019-20 is a bar graph showing the ADF in purple bars and APS in orange bars. The ADF’s actual funded strength at 30 June 2020 was 59760, compared with 58554 at 30 June 2019. The actual full-time equivalent APS workforce at 30 June 2020 was 16505, compared with 15996 at 30 June 2019.
Figure 2.3: ADF and APS comparative funded strength for 2018–19 and 2019–20

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