Information Regarding DCCEEW Employment Numbers.

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This FOI disclosure contains employment statistics for DCCEEW across four reporting periods (September 2022 to December 2024), showing total staff grew from 3,383 to 5,476 employees. The breakdown reveals Australian-born citizens comprised the majority workforce, increasing from 1,597 to 3,429; foreign-born citizens rose from 381 to 728; and employees with no recorded birthplace data fluctuated between 1,168 and 1,405. The data does not relate to environmental matters, regulatory decisions, EPBC Act assessments, species protection, ecosystem management, or scientific advice on environmental projects. It is purely administrative personnel information without environmental substance.