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The Australian Public Service formally comprises all persons employed under the Public Service Act 1999. This includes all federal government departments, the federal court system and also some government agencies.
In the 2009–10 financial year, there were 164,596 public servants employed under the Public Service Act. This includes 150,871 ongoing (or permanent) employees and 13,725 non-ongoing (or contract) employees. The largest group of public servants are women (57.4%) and work in the Australian Capital Territory (38.8%).
The largest federal government agency is Centrelink with 27,312 employees, followed by the Australian Taxation Office (24,070) and the Department of Defence (21,458).
APS jobs are advertised throughout Australia by various means, including publication in the Government Gazette and various newspapers.
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