The Australian Public Service

Considering a career with the APS after you graduate? Read on.

The ‘Public Service’ is really an "umbrella" term which can refer to the following institutions and organisations:

• Federal government departments
• State government
• Local government (councils)
• Educational institutions
• Public Health Service Providers
• Social welfare

Finding information on vacancies within the Australian Public Service is relatively easy. Here is a list of useful websites:

Federal Government Job Sites
http://jobsearch.gov.au -- Australian Public Service graduate jobs.

http://www.psgazetteonline.gov.au/ -- Permanent vacancies have to be advertised in the Public Service Gazette.

State Government Job Sites
http://www.jobs.nsw.gov.au

Local Government Opportunities & Information
http://www.localexposure.ca.com.au/ -- Career opportunities in local government

http://www.lgjobs.com.au/ -- Local government jobs Australia wide.

http://lggrads.readyfit.com.au/ -- Local government graduate opportunities

http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au -- A-Z directory of NSW Local Councils, provides addresses, contact details, websites

Australian Federal Government Departments/Bodies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
www.atsic.gov.au/

Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
www.aat.gov.au/

Aged & Community Care
www.health.gov.au/acc/

Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Australia (AFFA)
www.affa.gov.au/

Attorney-General's Department
www.law.gov.au/

Australia Council for the Arts
www.ozco.gov.au/

Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
www.ausaid.gov.au/

Australian Antarctic Division
www.antdiv.gov.au/

Australian Army
www.defencejobs.gov.au/armysite.htm

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
www.abc.net.au/

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
www.abs.gov.au

Australian Customs Service
www.customs.gov.au

Australian Federal Police (AFP)
www.afp.gov.au/

Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
www.agso.gov.au/

Australian Government Solicitor
www.ags.gov.au/

Autralian Health Care Association
www.aushealthcare.com.au/

Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
www.anao.gov.au/

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
www.ansto.gov.au/

Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)
www.asis.gov.au/

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
www.asio.gov.au/

Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
www.ato.gov.au/

Bureau of Meteorology
www.bom.gov.au/

Centrelink
www.centrelink.gov.au/

Child Support Agency
www.csa.gov.au/

Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
www.dcita.gov.au/

CSIRO
www.csiro.au/

Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)
www.dsto.defence.gov.au/

Defence
www.defencejobs.gov.au/

Defence Civilian Recruitment
www.defence.gov.au/dcr/

Director of Public Prosecutions
www.cdpp.gov.au/cdpp/

Education Science & Training (DEST)
www.detya.gov.au/

Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB)
www.dewrsb.gov.au/

Environment Australia
www.ea.gov.au/education/

Family and Community Services (FACS)
www.facs.gov.au/

Family Court of Australia
www.familycourt.gov.au/

Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
www.dfat.gov.au/recruit/

Health and Aged Care
www.health.gov.au/

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
www.hreoc.gov.au/

Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
www.immi.gov.au

Industry, Science and Resources
www.isr.gov.au/jobs

Landcare Australia
www.landcareaustralia.com.au/

Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC)
www.mdbc.gov.au/

National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE)
www.noie.gov.au/

Office of the Status of Women (OSW)
www.osw.dpmc.gov.au/index.html

Productivity Commission
www.pc.gov.au/

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
www.rba.gov.au/

Royal Australian Air Force
www.defencejobs.gov.au/airsite.htm

Royal Australian Navy
www.defencejobs.gov.au/navysite.htm

Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (SMHEA)
www.snowyhydro.com.au/

Transport and Regional Services
www.dotrs.gov.au/

Treasury
www.treasury.gov.au/

Veterans' Affairs
www.dva.gov.au/

NSW Government Departments/Bodies

Anti-Discrimination Board
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/adb.nsf/pages/index

Attorney General's Department
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/

Audit Office of NSW
www.audit.nsw.gov.au/

Crown Solicitor's Office
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/cso.nsf/pages/whatwedoindex

Department for Women
www.women.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Community Services
www.community.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Education and Training
www.det.nsw.edu.au/

Department of Fair Trading
www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Housing
www.housing.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Industrial Relations
www.dir.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Land and Water Conservation
www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Public Works and Services
www.dpws.nsw.gov.au/Home.htm

Department of State and Regional Development
www.business.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
www.duap.nsw.gov.au/

Environment Protection Authority
www.epa.nsw.gov.au/index.htm

Independent Commission Against Corruption
www.icac.nsw.gov.au/

Land and Environment Court
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lec.nsf/pages/index

Law Reform Commission of NSW
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/nswlrc.nsf/pages/index

Legal Aid Commission of NSW
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lac/lac.nsf/pages/index

National Parks and Wildlife Service
www.npws.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Agriculture
www.agric.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Department of Corrective Services
www.dcs.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Health
www.health.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Police Service
www.police.nsw.gov.au/main/default.cfm

NSW Sport and Recreation
www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Treasury
www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/

Office of Information Technology
www.oit.nsw.gov.au/

Office of State Revenue (OSR)
www.osr.nsw.gov.au/

Parliament of New South Wales
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/

Premier's Department
www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/

Roads and Traffic Authority
www.rta.nsw.gov.au/

State Forests of NSW
www.forest.nsw.gov.au/

State Rail Authority of NSW
www.staterail.nsw.gov.au/

TAFE NSW
www.tafensw.edu.au/

Tourism NSW
www.tourism.nsw.gov.au/

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