Final copies of the department’s incoming government briefs (the “red” books) prepared for the incoming minister/s since 3 May

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The release is an Australian Public Service Commission Incoming Government Brief, prepared for the incoming Minister for the Public Service after the 2025 federal election, and dated for release on 19 June 2025. It covers the Commission's role as steward of APS integrity, capability and workforce management, and the statutory functions of the APS Commissioner (Dr Gordon de Brouwer) and the Merit Protection Commissioner (Ms Jamie Lowe). It sets out APS workforce data as at 31 December 2024: 193,503 employees, comprising 178,230 ongoing and 15,273 non-ongoing staff, with job family breakdowns and growth since June 2022. It also covers the Commission's executive structure, branch functions, governance committees, staffing (average staffing level of around 324 to 388 across recent years), budget and the $3.7m additional resourcing over two years. Attachments include organisational charts, APSED data, the PGPA entity flipchart and legislative powers. The excerpt contains no Code of Conduct findings or advice-versus-outcome discrepancies.