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Staffing and Remuneration

Defence Workforce

The Defence Workforce by Gender and Employment Category

Table 6.2 ADF Permanent and Reserve Forces, and APS Personnel, by Gender and Employment Category(1)(2)
  As at 30 June 2005 As at 30 June 2006(3)
  Men % Women % Men % Women %
Navy
Trained Force
Officers 1,654 12.9 342 2.7 1,681 13.3 351 2.8
Other ranks 7,480 58.2 1,483 11.5 7,300 57.8 1,449 11.5
Training Force
Officers 628 4.9 201 1.6 631 5.0 204 1.6
Other ranks 875 6.9 177 1.4 812 6.4 203 1.6
Total 10,637 82.8 2,203 17.2 10,424 82.5 2,207 17.5
Army
Trained Force
Officers 3,967 15.8 644 2.6 4,088 16.4 655 2.6
Other ranks 16,915 67.4 1,723 6.9 16,374 65.6 1,632 6.5
Training Force
Officers 553 2.2 99 0.4 563 2.3 104 0.4
Other ranks 1,139 4.5 70 0.3 1,421 5.7 109 0.4
Total 22,574 89.9 2,536 10.1 22,446 90.0 2,500 10.0
Air Force
Trained Force
Officers 2,882 21.8 517 3.9 2,893 21.7 540 4.1
Other ranks 7,366 55.7 1,304 9.7 7,236 54.3 1,302 9.8
Training Force
Officers 505 3.8 140 1.1 516 3.9 143 1.1
Other ranks 463 3.5 58 0.4 592 4.4 102 0.8
Total 11,216 84.7 2,019 15.3 11,237 84.3 2,087 15.7
ADF Permanent
Trained Force
Officers 8,503 16.6 1,503 2.9 8,662 17.0 1,546 3.0
Other ranks 31,761 62.1 4,510 8.8 30,910 60.7 4,383 8.6
Training Force
Officers 1,686 3.3 440 0.9 1,710 3.4 451 0.9
Other ranks 2,477 4.8 305 0.6 2,825 5.5 414 0.8
Total 44,427 86.8 6,758 13.2 44,107 86.7 6,794 13.3
Reserves(4)
Navy 2,504 11.4 628 2.9 2,829 12.7 704 3.2
Army 13,910 63.3 2,351 10.7 13,801 61.8 2,247 10.1
Air Force 2,078 9.5 497 2.3 2,218 9.9 539 2.4
Total 18,492 84.2 3,476 15.8 18,848 84.4 3,490 15.6
APS(5)
Total 8,495 60.4 5,574 39.6 8,798 59.7 5,948 40.3

Notes:

  1. APS Figures in the table are actual staff numbers as at 30 June 2005 and 30 June 2006 and exclude the DMO.
  2. Percentage figures are calculated against the individual Service totals. The Service totals for 2005–06 can be found in Table 6.10 Distribution of Defence Personnel. Of the Service totals, 1,435 ADF Permanent and 88 Reserve Forces were billeted within the DMO.
  3. 30 June 2006 figures for APS personnel do not include APS employed within the DMO.
  4. Figures are Reserves on full-time service and those with training obligations.
  5. 30 June 2006 figures for APS include 837 APS staff who are also counted as Active Reserve members.
Table 6.3 APS Personnel by Gender and Category as at 30 June 2006(1)
Category Gender Full-time Part-time Total
Ongoing employees Male 8,403 36 8,439
  Female 5,217 182 5,399
Non-ongoing employees Male 351 8 359
  Female 539 10 549
Total Male 8,754 44 8,798
  Female 5,756 192 5,948
Total APS personnel   14,510 236 14,746

Note:

  1. Figures in this table show actual staff numbers, including paid and unpaid staff.

Distribution of Defence Personnel

Table 6.4 Distribution of Defence Personnel by Employment Location as at 30 June 2006(1)
  NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT(2) O/S(3) Total
Permanent Forces(4)(5)
Navy(6) 5,537 1,735 773 66 2,523 16 573 1,230 178 12,631
Army 5,959 2,989 8,768 629 826 118 3,418 1,950 289 24,946
Air Force 4,956 980 2,264 1,855 445 7 1,029 1,552 236 13,324
Subtotal 16,452 5,704 11,805 2,550 3,794 141 5,020 4,732 703 50,901
Reserve Forces(5)(7)(8)
Navy 1,066 325 498 137 512 140 44 797 14 3,533
Army 4,413 2,814 4,058 1,197 1,728 601 639 545 53 16,048
Air Force 679 343 757 269 234 46 73 355 1 2,757
Subtotal 6,158 3,482 5,313 1,603 2,474 787 756 1,697 68 22,338
Total 22,610 9,186 17,118 4,153 6,268 928 5,776 6,429 771 73,239
APS(9) 2,331 2,594 1,158 1,890 448 110 381 5,735 99 14,746
Grand Total 24,941 11,780 18,276 6,043 6,716 1,038 6,157 12,164 870 87,985

Notes:

  1. Figures in this table show actual staff numbers as at 30 June 2006 and are not average funded strengths.
  2. ACT includes personnel located at Jervis Bay.
  3. Permanent Forces and Reserves overseas represent personnel posted for long-term duty and deployments.
  4. Permanent Forces figures include paid and unpaid members.
  5. Personnel are shown in the location from which they are administered.
  6. Personnel serving in ships are included against the state or territory in which the ship is home-ported.
  7. Reserve forces figures include Reserves on continuous full-time service.
  8. Figures are Reserves with training obligations.
  9. APS figures include full-time, part-time, ongoing, non-ongoing, paid and unpaid employees.
Table 6.5 Distribution of APS Personnel by Employment Location as at 30 June 2006(1)
  NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT O/S(2) Total
Secretary – – – – – – – 1 – 1
Senior Executive Service(3) – 5 1 10 – – – 76 1 93
SES Relief Staffing(4) – 1 – 2 – – – 13 – 16
Executive Levels(5) 205 499 55 669 36 8 22 1,606 62 3,162
Executive Relief Staffing(6) 27 45 11 42 6 – 3 297 7 438
Other APS Levels(7) 2,099 2,044 1,091 1,167 406 102 356 3,742 29 11,036
Total 2,331 2,594 1,158 1,890 448 110 381 5,735 99 14,746

Notes:

  1. Figures show staff numbers as at 30 June 2006 and include personnel who are on some form of unpaid leave.
  2. Overseas figures represent personnel posted for long and short-term duty as at 30 June 2006.
  3. Senior Executive Service comprises Deputy Secretary, First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Chief of Division and Medical Officer 6 substantive classifications.
  4. SES relief staffing indicates non-SES officers who are temporarily acting in SES positions. These officers are on higher duties while the incumbents are taking leave, acting in higher positions or on secondment to other agencies.
  5. Executive levels comprise Executive Levels 1 and 2.
  6. Executive relief staffing indicates APS levels temporarily acting in executive level positions pending permanent filling action or while incumbents are taking leave, acting in higher positions or on secondment to other agencies.
  7. APS levels comprise APS levels 1 to 6.

Defence Senior Management

Table 6.6 Star–Ranked Officers as at 30 June 2006
  Total Star Rank(1) 2005–06 promotions(2) 2005–06 separations(3)
  Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
Four Star
Navy – – – – – – – – –
Army – – – – – – 1 – 1
Air Force 1 – 1 1 – 1 – – –
Three Star
Navy 1 – 1 – – – 1 – 1
Army 3 – 3 1 – 1 – – –
Air Force 1 – 1 1 – 1 – – –
Two Star
Navy 8 – 8 3 – 3 – – –
Army 10 – 10 4 – 4 1 – 1
Air Force 6 – 6 1 – 1 2 1 3
One Star
Navy 25 1 26 7 1 8 2 – 2
Army 37 1 38 15 1 16 6 – 6
Air Force 21 1 22 3 1 4 2 – 2
Total 113 3 116 36 3 39 15 1 16

Notes:

  1. Officers on acting or higher duties are not included. Reserves are not included. Numbers exclude ADF senior officers (20) billeted to the DMO.
  2. Promotions include those officers promoted between levels.
  3. Separations include only those officers who have separated from Defence.
Table 6.7 APS Senior Executive Service staff as at 30 June 2006(1)(2)
  Total SES(3) 2005–06 Engagements(4) 2005–06 Separations(5)
  Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
Senior ExecutiveBand 1 42 14 56 8 – 8 2 1 3
Senior ExecutiveBand 2(6) 14 2 16 2 1 3 3 2 5
Senior ExecutiveBand 3 5 – 5 1 – 1 1 – 1
Chief of DivisionGrade 2 11 2 13 2 2 4 3 – 3
Chief of DivisionGrade 3 3 – 3 – – – – – –
Senior Executive Relief Staff(7) 12 4 16 – – – – – –
Total 87 22 109 13 3 16 9 3 12

Notes:

  1. Figures in this table show actual staff numbers at their substantive level and officers on higher duties pending permanent filling action. Personnel on longer term unpaid leave are not included.
  2. Gains and losses do not reflect movement of officers between levels in each of the Senior Executive Service and Chief of Division streams.
  3. Numbers exclude SES officers in the DMO.
  4. Engagement figures include new engagements, promotions and transfers from other agencies for ongoing employees only.
  5. Separation figures include resignations and redundancies, and promotions and transfers to other departments for ongoing employees only.
  6. Senior Executive Band 2 includes Medical Officer Grade 6.
  7. Relief Staff represents senior officers acting in Senior Executive Service/Chief of Division positions for short durations pending permanent filling action or while the incumbents are on leave, acting in higher positions or on overseas duty.

APS Separations

The table below shows the number of APS separations in 2004–05 and 2005–06. The decrease in APS separations in 2005–06 was due largely to the number of Defence Integrated Distribution System employees transitioning out of the organisation in 2004–05.

Table 6.8 APS Separations 2004–05 and 2005–06(1)
  Voluntary(2) Involuntary(3) Resignation/Retirement(4) Transfers(5) Total
2004–05
SES 2 – 5 6 13
Senior Officers 27 15 164 52 258
Other Staff 604(6) 67 1,162 139 1,972
Total APS 633 82 1,331 197 2,243
2005–06
SES – – 11 1 12
Senior Officers 35 3 144 51 233
Other Staff 525 34 720 130 1,409
Total APS(6) 560 37 875 182 1,654(6)

Notes:

  1. Figures exclude APS staff employed within the DMO.
  2. Voluntary figures include voluntary redundancies.
  3. Involuntary figures include Abandonment (Forfeit), Breach of Conduct, Death, Invalidity Retirement, Involuntary Redundancy, Lack of Qualifications, Non Performance and Term Probation.
  4. Resignation / Retirement includes completion of non-ongoing, Resignation and Retirement.
  5. Transfers include Transfers/ Promotions to other agencies.
  6. Includes Defence Integrated Distribution System transitional employees.

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