Average Staffing Levels (ASL) in federal government ('000)

The Albanese government removed the cap on federal government employees in 2022. Average staffing levels have increased by 20% since then.

Red dotted line: Between 2016 and 2022, the former Coalition government imposed a cap on average staffing levels for the federal public service.
ABC Source: Budget Paper No.4 (2024-25), page 181. Get the data